Date:	Sunday 14 March 1943
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration:	DK287
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 miles south-west of Dayton, near USAAF Sta. Wright Field, Ohio -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	USAAF Wright Field, OH
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DK287: To Canada by ship 11 September 1941 as pattern for DHC production. Never on RCAF books.
Mosquito DK287: Took off for test flight. 14/03/1943.
Crashed in Ohio while being flown by USAAF test crew.
Crew:
Capt. (O-22332) Osmond Jay RITLAND DFC (test pilot) USAAF - Ok bailed out
??? (nav.) USAAF - Ok bailed out

1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Mar1943S.htm
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
3.http://www.odynet.ca/~bwalker/RAF_owned_DK100.html.
4.https://media.defense.gov/2004/Jun/17/2000591157/-1/-1/0/040617-F-JZ509-102.JPG

Mosquito Production list showing DK287 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2011 03:48	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants, Narrative]
08-Oct-2011 08:26	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2012 13:24	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2015 14:10	Dandy	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Jul-2015 05:31	Ing Edcker	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2015 18:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
10-Oct-2015 20:20	Nepa	Updated [Location]
03-Jan-2016 22:12	Jimi	Updated [Narrative]
13-Mar-2018 15:56	Nepa	Updated [Date]
27-Aug-2018 17:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Oct-2018 07:34	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Operator]
25-Apr-2019 14:00	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 16:37	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
31-Aug-2021 19:18	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
24-Oct-2021 18:46	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Operator]
29-Oct-2021 16:35	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
30-Oct-2021 23:07	Nepa	Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
30-Oct-2021 23:08	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Dec-2021 17:43	Nepa	Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jan-2022 09:58	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:10	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
28-Sep-2023 10:11	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]]
29-Sep-2023 10:23	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]]]
01-Oct-2023 18:53	Nepa	Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]]]]
04-Oct-2023 17:31	Nepa	Updated [[[[[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]]]]]