Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ347,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71347
 
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Date:Sunday 28 February 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:1655 MTU RAF
Registration: DZ347
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ347: Took off for Test and Training flight. 28/02/1943
Stalled and crashed at RAF Marham with a wheels down landing. One injured.
Crew:-
F/Lt (46332) Edgar Alfred COSTELLO-BOWEN AFC (pilot) RAF: Ok (NCO:591150 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
AC1 ???? BURTON (pass.) RAF: OK

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3. RAF Marham ORB
4. CWGC
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ347 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2010 23:28 NePa Added
14-Jul-2014 17:57 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jul-2014 18:00 Oezil Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 15:07 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
02-Mar-2019 18:39 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:35 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
13-Sep-2021 10:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Oct-2021 17:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
08-Dec-2021 18:37 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:10 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
26-Jul-2022 19:41 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:59 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-Nov-2023 09:56 Nepa Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]
08-Dec-2023 13:14 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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