ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70307
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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ434 |
| MSN: | HS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ434: Took off for a training flight / Cross country exercise. 22/10/1943
During night flying practice got into difficulties when descending through cloud and the aircraft disintegrated following loss of control and dived into the ground. Pilot was killed and the navigator was thrown out of the aircraft and was able to use his chute and land safely.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.400989) Frederick Roy JACKSON DFM (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (Aus.406538) Vivian Ernest Richard PIPER DFC & Bar (nav.) RAAF - baled out /OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1943-incident-logs
3.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
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 |
| 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 |
| 18 June 1944 | ML900 | 109 Sqn RAF | 0 | St.Neots, near RAF stn Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1944 | ML961 | 109 Sqn RAF | 1 | Keent, 3km south of Weert, Limburg. | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ434 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2009 10:56 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Mar-2011 03:02 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2011 10:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 16:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 12:57 | Repac | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 12:05 | Repac | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:04 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 04-Sep-2018 10:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2019 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 04-Sep-2021 22:20 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:08 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 30-Jun-2022 12:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2023 11:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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