ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71879
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1944 |
| Time: | 21:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ632 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hopton Lound, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ632: Took off for training flight /Night cross country exercise. 08/11/1944
Dived and crashed into ground Hopton Lound Suffolk at 21:50 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (104541) Richard William CLANCEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:746140 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
F/O (168697) Reginald William ALFORD (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1390808 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 January, 1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ632 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2010 11:17 | NePa | Added |
| 07-Mar-2012 01:47 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 14:02 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 21:19 | Xindel X | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Sep-2015 21:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2019 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 16-Oct-2021 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 21:25 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 01-Aug-2022 13:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2023 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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