ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20087
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| Date: | Saturday 27 February 1943 |
| Time: | 15:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ472 |
| MSN: | GB-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brick Kiln Wood Beachamwell, 1mi SE of RAF stn Marham, Norfolk England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mosquito DZ472/Z: Took off for carry out a Local Training flight.27/02/1943.
The Pilot was authorised to do local flying at 30,000 feet. At 15:26 hrs following structural failure of the wing root, the aircraft crashed near Brick Kiln Wood, Beachamwell, one mile SE of the base at 15:25hrs.27/02/1943
Crew:
F/O (Aus.408661) George William McCORMICK (pilot) RAAF - killed
W/Cdr (25042) John William DEACON (obs.) RAF - Killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://aircrewremembered.com/homepage.html
3. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1942 | DZ343 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Raard, 3km west-south-west of Dokkum, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | ML923 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | |
min |
| 28 January 1945 | ML923 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Meurthe-et-Moselle, department in the Grand Est region. |  |
w/o |
Images:
Own research - pleased to assist others with their research
Mosquito Production list showingDZ472 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2008 11:22 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Jan-2010 10:48 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2011 03:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 10:35 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 13:49 | Froome | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2014 19:12 | Froome | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jul-2015 15:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2015 18:20 | Jixn | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Nov-2016 06:59 | pietrzak | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Nov-2016 07:56 | pietrzak | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 22-Nov-2016 14:05 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Mar-2019 18:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 05-May-2021 08:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 19:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 02-Sep-2021 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 16:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 18:10 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 21-Aug-2023 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]] |
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