Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR371,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144190
 
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Date:Sunday 21 May 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:21 Sqn RAF
Registration: LR371
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tollgate, south of RAF stn Gravesend, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Gravesend, Kent
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR371 Spun into ground out of cloud during formation practice, crashed at Tollgate, south of RAF Gravesend, 21/05/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (50567) George Edward BAILEY DFM (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (182.982) John Vivian Charles ROBERTS (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 21 Sqdn RAF


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Mar-2012 09:37 Nepa Added
26-Dec-2013 06:44 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative]
10-Jan-2014 16:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source]
01-Jun-2014 19:22 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
29-Jun-2014 17:31 Next Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2014 17:31 Next Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Sep-2014 08:30 INV Updated [Location, Narrative]
12-Aug-2015 14:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
17-Mar-2019 20:47 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Apr-2021 18:27 Andrew Marshall Updated [Narrative]
14-Aug-2021 20:56 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]

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