Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS638,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139104
 
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Date:Friday 22 December 1944
Time:12:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:654th (BR) Sqn USAAF
Registration: NS638
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles west of Dursley, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Watton /AAF Sta.376 Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito NS638: Took off at 11:04 hrs on a local test flight. 22/12/1944
Aircraft crashed at 12:10 hrs into wooded area..
Crew:
F/O (T.223175) James Dreyfus SPEAR (pilot) USAAF - killed
2/Lt. (O.772138) Carroll B. BRYAN (nav.) USAAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1944O.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2011 08:24 Nepa Added
19-Feb-2012 14:28 Nepa Updated [Operator]
22-Feb-2012 00:34 Nepa Updated [Operator]
15-Apr-2014 15:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative]
15-Apr-2014 16:01 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
27-Aug-2014 20:12 BA Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
28-Aug-2014 08:52 Dandy Updated [Location]
26-Aug-2015 13:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
08-Mar-2016 09:56 Froome Updated [Date, Time, Nature, Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2019 17:24 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 10:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
29-Oct-2021 22:49 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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