Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II W4083,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70532
 
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Date:Tuesday 29 September 1942
Time:08:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: W4083
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 mile south of RAF stn Colerne, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Colerne, Wiltshire
Destination airport:RAF Colerne
Narrative:
Mosquito W4083: Took off at 08:10 hrs for Dawn Patrol. 29/09/1942
Engine cut on overshoot flew into ground on approach 1mile south of RAF Colerne.
Crew:
F/Lt (42481) Peter Duncan BOWEN (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt (1392515) Victor John BLOOMFIELD (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Dec-2009 07:32 NePa Added
05-Feb-2012 14:07 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Feb-2013 12:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
08-Sep-2013 03:51 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
30-Sep-2013 08:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
30-Sep-2013 08:44 Nepa Updated [Operator]
30-Sep-2013 15:14 nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
12-Oct-2013 15:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
21-Oct-2013 19:18 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
31-Oct-2013 06:49 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
16-Jun-2014 10:48 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
01-Sep-2014 19:04 Glock G19 Updated [Location, Narrative]
14-Sep-2014 08:22 James JUMP Updated [Total fatalities]
23-Dec-2014 20:01 Shout Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 10:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
11-Apr-2016 17:12 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2019 19:31 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 18:38 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:00 Nepa Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]

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