Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB589,
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Date:Friday 15 December 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF
Registration: KB589
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Windsor Field, near Nassau. -   Bahamas
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Windsor Field
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito KB589: Swung on take off from airfield RAF Windsor Field, Bahamas 15/12/1944
Undercarriage collapsed and aircraft catching fire.
Crew: ???? Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
3.https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1944.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2011 10:02 Uli Elch Added
30-Dec-2011 01:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport]
08-Jan-2012 08:39 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
09-Jan-2012 07:09 Nepa Updated [Operator]
10-Jan-2012 04:15 Uli Elch Updated [Operator]
10-Jan-2012 10:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-Jan-2012 02:36 Uli Elch Updated [Operator]
12-Jan-2012 12:06 Nepa Updated [Operator]
20-Jan-2013 05:46 Nepa Updated [Date, Registration, Narrative]
20-Jan-2013 05:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative]
08-Jun-2014 09:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport]
09-Sep-2015 07:38 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2016 15:02 Heil Updated [Operator]
08-May-2019 16:07 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
13-May-2019 19:35 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 11:22 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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