ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70880
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| Date: | Monday 13 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DK288 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field near RAF stn Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk |
| RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DK288: Took off for day training flight. 13/03/1944
During flight an electrical fault caused the dinghy came loose. Dinghy surfaced and clogged the stern. After three minutes into the flight the tail control was blocked. Resulting in a skilful crash landing in a field near Bury St.Edmunds.
Crew:
F/O (112392) Ivor Gordon BROOM DFC (pilot) RAFVR: OK (NCO:1252084 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 December, 1941)
F/O (51227) Thomas John BROOM (nav.) RAF: Ok (NCO:515779 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 April, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3.Henk Welting's Database
4.London Gazette
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK288 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2010 12:18 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2012 13:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2014 05:39 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2014 05:39 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2014 07:17 | Next | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Aug-2015 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 07-Apr-2019 13:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
| 16-Oct-2021 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2021 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 20:44 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 18:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 11:08 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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