Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB393,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152407
 
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Date:Saturday 23 December 1944
Time:19:48
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:608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF
Registration: KB393
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Downham Market, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Downham Market
Narrative:
Mosquito KB393: Took off at 15:58 hrs. for mission to Limburg. 23/12/1944
Landed at 19:48 hrs in base whereupon the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:
F/Lt (48418) RichardHenry HARDY DFC DFM (pilot) RAF - Ok (NCO:580825 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 May, 1942)
F/Sgt (1323272) Edward Dudley WEARN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=608
3.ORB 608 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2013 06:06 Nepa Added
02-Jul-2014 14:04 Shout Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Aug-2014 17:13 Digger Updated [Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2015 18:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
22-Feb-2016 09:55 AlLah Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-May-2019 15:14 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
05-Nov-2021 21:40 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2022 10:29 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 10:39 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 18:29 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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