ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17644
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | PFNTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ589 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles south-west of March, Benwich, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ589: Took off at 12:57 hrs on a daylight training sortie. 31/12/1944
It was struck by lightning at around 12.000 ft. The engine caught fire the crew bailed out safely, the aircraft crashed at Benwick.
Crew:
F/O (J/19158) P. GERMAINE (pilot) RCAF - baled out /Ok
F/O (143464) Anthony Harcourt HAMEL-SMITH (nav.) RAFVR - baled out /injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=PFNTU
3.ORB PFNTU RAF
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ589 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2008 10:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2010 22:24 | NePa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2011 02:57 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2014 17:17 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2014 06:29 | Paix | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2015 10:11 | Emil Robot | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2015 10:12 | Roup | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2015 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Apr-2019 15:41 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 10:53 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2020 09:22 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 09-Oct-2021 22:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 21:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:02 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 10-Nov-2023 12:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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