[Grammar] Went and gone confusion

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Joe333

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Sentence: "Hitler's plan went/gone haywire when his forces lost in Normandy, France"

My question/doubt: Which verb/adjective went/gone would be grammatically correct in this sentence ?

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plan went haywire

he's gone haywire

"to go haywire" is an idiom that means things happened wrongly.
 

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***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

Simple past tense is the only option here.
 
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