ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71461
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1944 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ388 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aslackby Farm, 5 miles NNE of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ388: Took off at 19:09 hrs for an operational training sortie. 26/03/1944
Twenty-one minutes later the bomber spin into the ground at Aslackby Farm 5 miles NNE of Huntingdon.
Crew:
S/Ldr (NZ/402839) Valentine ALLPORT DFC (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/Lt (108052) Thomas William MATTHEWS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:922075 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 November, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com/page/33
3.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
4.CWGC
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ388 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2010 10:05 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2012 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2012 13:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2014 07:58 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Mar-2014 05:02 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Apr-2014 06:00 | B Allport | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2014 16:31 | MiG15 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 15:54 | MiG15 | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Sep-2014 04:23 | Rata | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Aug-2015 19:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2019 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 12:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2021 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 16:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 20:44 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 18:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 22:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
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