ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20386
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| Date: | Saturday 5 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ548 |
| MSN: | GB-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colne Field Farm, near St.Ives, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ548/J: Took off for a Night Flying Test (NFT). 05/02/1944
Collided in the air with a Boeing B-17G (USAAF No.42-97480) and crashed in St Ives Hunts.
Crew:
F/Lt (87660) John Fosbroke SLATTER (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:937676 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 December, 1940)
F/O (145109) Peter Oscar HEDGES (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:751177 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 June, 1943)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 1942 | DK308 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | north of Langeoog Island, Niedersachsen. |  |
w/o |
| 30 October 1942 | DK316 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Californiëstraat Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 30 January 1943 | DZ367 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Altengrabow, Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt. | |
w/o |
| 28 February 1945 | RV304 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
min |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ548 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2008 11:08 | Nepa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2010 12:13 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2010 20:10 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2011 08:52 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2013 18:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2014 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 13:57 | Froome | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2019 22:48 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 12:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Nature] |
| 05-Sep-2021 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 10:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2022 08:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2022 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 19:42 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 10:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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