ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72917
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ739 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field near Olives Farm, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito DZ739: Took off for test flight /Night Flying test (NFT). 31/08/1943
Crew received orders to carry out a NFT in their Mosquito Night Fighter 2. They took off that day from RAF Hunsdon, and on their way to the test area, flew over P/O Joblin’s service quarters where his wife could be seen in the garden. The pilot playfully waggled the aircraft’s wings in greeting to her before opening wide the aircraft’s throttles and steering into a climbing turn. Suddenly and without warning the aircraft stalled and plunged helplessly downwards completely out of control. It crashed at low altitude into the fields of the near by Olives Farm, Stanstead Abbott, Hertfordshire."
Crew:
P/O (156127) Bernard Walter JOBLING (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (155995) Frederick Thomas WESTON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.157squadron.org.uk/
3.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2010 01:18 | NePa | Added |
| 10-Apr-2011 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2012 13:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2014 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2014 08:41 | Next | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 30-Jul-2015 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2016 07:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2019 21:01 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2022 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2022 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2023 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Narrative, Operator]] |
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