ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71692
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ707 |
| MSN: | DZ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | English Channel near RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
| RAF Predannack Cornwall |
Mosquito DZ707: Took off for a patrol sortie over the Bay of Biscay. 23/06/1943
Mid-air collision with DZ740 in the circuit at Predannack.
Apparently, on returning from a patrol sortie, P/O Humphries misjudged his position in coming into formation with S/Ldr Bodien, as a result of which there was a collision. In the airborne tangle, a rubber dinghy became released from the fuselage of one of the aircraft, and wrapped itself around the rudder of S/Ldr Bodien's aircraft. P/O Humphries and P/O Lumb crashed into the sea and did not survive. S/Ldr Bodien and F/O Sampson returned safely to base. At the time it was felt that fatigue was responsible for the misjudgement, as this type of sortie, which involved total low level flying for long periods, was extremely tiring." 23/06/1943
Crew:
S/Ldr (45720) Henry Erskine BODIEN DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (NZ401465) Richard Webb SAMPSON (obs) RNZAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 April 1943 | DZ755 | 151 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Smeerling (municipality Vlagtwedde), Groningen. |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1945 | NT489 | 151 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2010 01:56 | NePa | Added |
| 25-Feb-2012 13:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2014 07:29 | Mysore | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2014 07:36 | Pepa | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Sep-2014 16:44 | Gerrard | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2015 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Feb-2016 09:26 | PePa | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2019 18:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 02-Jun-2019 06:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 11:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2021 22:28 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2024 09:55 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2024 10:22 | Antonio | Updated [Cn] |
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