ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20475
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| Date: | Friday 15 December 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML919 |
| MSN: | GB-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito ML919: Took off at 17:00 hrs for mission Hannover. 15/12/1944
Mossie but commenced to swing. Pilot tried to correct using rudder control, but Mossie ran off runway.
Crew:-
F/Lt (123839) Gabriel DONALD (pilot) RAFVR - OK (NCO:1365029 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
F/O (159930) Frank Taylor WATSON DFM (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1149762 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=105
3. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4. London Gazette
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1942 | DK303 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 29 August 1942 | DK303 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | English Channel, 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent, England | |
w/o |
| 7 November 1942 | DK328 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | beach near the Gironde estuary; Nouvelle-Aquitaine. |  |
w/o |
| 26 February 1943 | DZ365 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Launais, 1 km SE of Moigné, Le Rheu, Ille-et-Vilaine département. | |
w/o |
| 31 December 1944 | MM225 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2008 23:13 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Feb-2010 11:39 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2012 00:13 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 13:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 07:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 30-Sep-2015 19:36 | Iwosh | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Jan-2022 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2022 09:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 10:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 18:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2023 13:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 09:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2023 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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