ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20195
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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | 21:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ587 |
| MSN: | GB-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Road Green Farm, Hempnall, 10 miles south of Norwich, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Hardwick /AAF Sta.104 |
Mosquito DZ587/B: Took off at 17:30 hrs for Night Attack to Bochum. 05/11/1943
Crashed near RAF Hardwick /USAAF Sta.104 on return. Crashed into a field Road Green Farm at 21:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (86721) John GORDON DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:968260 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 November, 1940)
F/O (120087) Ralph Gamble HAYES DFC (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1317145 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 July, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 1942 | W4068 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | over Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | DZ489 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | LR477 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Contrakt Farm, Narborough, 5 miles NW of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ587 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 21:04 | Nepa | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 00:36 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 14:24 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 13:59 | Zoom | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 06-Jun-2016 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2019 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 04-Sep-2021 22:42 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 17:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:08 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 11:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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