ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72407
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 August 1943 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | HJ962 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mosquito HJ962: Took off for Night Training flight. 10-11/08/1943
Engine cut stalled and crashed on approach RAF Marham. He was instructing F/Lt MacDonald when the port engine failed on final approach, he immediately took control from his student and attempted a 'belly' landing alongside the runway. However, his pupil, in an attempt to regain the runway pushed the good throttle forward inducing a roll and stall at 02:00 hrs. 11/08/1943
Crew:-
F/O (112392) Ivor Gordon BROOM DFC (pilot instr.) RAFVR - injury (NCO:1252084 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 December, 1941)
F/Lt (J/6029) Bertram Alexander MacDONALD (pilot pupil) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2010 12:35 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Nov-2011 13:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2012 12:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 18-Jun-2014 14:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 16:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 25-Mar-2019 05:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 09:28 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2022 20:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 11:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2023 13:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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