Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR355,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143918
 
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Date:Tuesday 1 August 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF
Registration: LR355
MSN: SY-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:into wood Upton Gray, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Lasham, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR355/H: Took off for NFT and compass test. 01/08/1944
Engine cut overshot landing and crashlanded into wood Upton Gray Hants.
Crew:
F/O (136.665) Robert MIDDLEMAS (pilot) RAFVR – seriously injured (killed 8.8.1944)
F/Sgt (1535233) Arnold WHINCUP (nav.) RAFVR - injured

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2012 03:22 Nepa Added
24-Feb-2012 03:26 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
04-Jun-2014 16:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 21:16 Xindel X Updated [Location]
17-Aug-2015 21:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-May-2016 06:07 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-May-2016 06:34 Nepa Updated [Nature, Narrative]
21-May-2016 18:36 Jimi Updated [Total fatalities]
27-May-2016 06:21 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative]
07-Sep-2021 10:20 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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