Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX ML905,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144239
 
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Date:Thursday 11 May 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 IX
Owner/operator:109 Sqn RAF
Registration: ML905
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Little Staughton, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito ML905: Took off at 20:30 hrs for a Test flight. 11/05/1944
Engine cut on take-off for air test swung and undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:
F/Lt (130313) Peter Frederick WOOLLAND DFC DFM (pilot) RAFVR: OK (NCO:929753 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 October, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=109
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Mar-2012 03:17 Nepa Added
02-Jul-2014 12:50 Shout Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Aug-2015 20:07 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
04-Sep-2018 16:40 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Nov-2019 17:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]
24-Oct-2021 23:05 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 19:50 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2022 21:42 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 07:37 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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