ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144238
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| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1944 |
| Time: | 14:42 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ML900 |
| MSN: | HS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | St.Neots, near RAF stn Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Little Staughton |
Mosquito ML900: Tookoff at 14:40 hrs for Air test flight. 18/06/1944
Power to port engine lost on take off. Pilot attempted diversionary manoeuvre but a/c slewed off the runway and overshot. Aircraft struck a gun-pit, undercarriage collapsed. Aircraft then struck a tent killing LAC McIVER an RAF Regiment Gunner. Neither crew member was injured.
Crew:
F/O (141141) Edward Morton HUNTER DFC DFM (pilot) RAFVR - OK (NCO:748422 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 March, 1943)
F/Lt (117136) John Ernest Brian JEFFERSON DFC (nav.) RAFVR - OK (NCO:1381979 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
Sacrifice:
LAC (1138209) Frederick Charles McIVER (gunner) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=109
3.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1943 | DZ430 | 109 Sqn RAF | 2 | Hartford, near RAF stn Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | DZ425 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | Little Friars, Thornes, 1 mile WNW of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | DZ434 | 109 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1943 | DZ492 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 7 January 1944 | DZ435 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Narborough, 6miles north-west of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 6 May 1944 | ML958 | 109 Sqn RAF | 2 | Herkenbosch - Melick, Limburg. |  |
w/o |
| 27 December 1944 | ML961 | 109 Sqn RAF | 1 | Keent, 3km south of Weert, Limburg. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 03:01 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Jul-2014 10:50 | MiG17 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 07:44 | Nino | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Feb-2017 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2019 15:00 | Mah091 | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2019 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2021 22:24 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2021 23:50 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2021 10:18 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Feb-2022 12:38 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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