Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ479,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199356
 
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Date:Saturday 1 January 1944
Time:02:10
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:627 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ479
MSN: AZ-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Oakington
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ479/F: Took off at 01:00 hrs for a Night bombing mission to Hamburg. 01/01/1944
Returned early due to technical problems /failed pneomatic system. Landing Ok at 02:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (61274) Ronald Latham BARTLEY DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Lt (J/9158) James David MITCHELL DFC (nav.) RCAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB Oakington stn RAF
3.ORB 627 Sqn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 December 1943 DZ479 627 Sqn RAF 0 near Caen, Calvados. w/o
4 January 1944 DZ518 627 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England non
31 August 1944 DZ418 627 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Sep-2017 12:31 Nepa Added
08-Sep-2017 18:57 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative]
16-Mar-2019 12:38 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Feb-2022 16:52 Nepa Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 10:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]

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