Date:	Monday 23 August 1943
Time:	16:15
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. of UK
Registration:	HJ734
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 miles east-south-east of St.Alban's, Welwyn Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	DH airfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito HJ734: Took off for a level flight speed test. 23/08/1943
Collided on air test 3m ESE of St.Alban's. Crashed at Hollybush in the grounds of Hill End Hospital,
"During a test flight of a de Havilland Mosquito Mark VI, flying with flight test observer John H. F. Scrope, he collided in the vicinity of St Albans with another Mosquito HX897 flown by pilot George Gibbins. Both aircraft were made of wood, and disintegrated in the air, killing all four occupants aboard. G.F. Carter was flying as an observer in Gibbins's aircraft."
Crew:
Mr. (ex.754448) John de HAVILLAND (Test pilot) DH - killed
Mr. John H.F. SCROPE ( (Technical Assistant Aerodynamicist) DH - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Havilland_(pilot)
3.https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1943/1943
4.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/66/a2015966.shtml
5.CWGC

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2012 02:14	Nepa	Added
06-Feb-2013 01:44	fritzelblitz	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Aug-2014 11:32	Digger	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Aug-2014 17:06	Oezil	Updated [Location, Departure airport]
30-Jul-2015 18:55	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
25-Dec-2015 15:27	Angel dick one five	Updated [Narrative]
23-Feb-2016 14:34	JIXN	Updated [Operator]
30-Mar-2019 12:04	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
27-Apr-2019 07:35	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
04-Sep-2021 10:08	TB	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Sep-2021 10:08	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
06-Dec-2021 22:08	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
07-Dec-2021 22:41	Nepa	Updated [Registration, Narrative, Operator]
07-Dec-2021 22:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
14-Dec-2021 16:42	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 10:42	Nepa	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
16-May-2023 21:44	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]