ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19784
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| Date: | Thursday 19 October 1944 |
| Time: | 19:01 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML993 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1mile west of Great Staughton, 10miles SW of Huntingdon Cambs, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML993: Took off at 18:52 hrs for Bombing mission to Dusseldorf. 19/10/1944
Crew at low altitude after takeoff experienced technical problems.
Crew decided to jettison the 4000 pounds 'Cookie' at 19:01 hrs.
Then the tailplane blown away, thrown away when the bomb detonated.
Crew:
F/O (173314), Leonard Priestley WHIPP (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1147200 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 April, 1944)
F/O (158336) Clifford BERTENSHAW (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1065861 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 May, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2008 02:42 | Nepa | Added |
| 23-May-2008 22:23 | Nepa | Updated |
| 06-Jun-2008 07:48 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Dec-2008 11:58 | angels one five | Updated |
| 16-Nov-2009 11:56 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2011 03:45 | nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 06:39 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 07:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2015 15:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2019 08:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 05-May-2019 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 05-May-2019 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 10:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2022 07:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 21:24 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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