Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI RV351,
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Date:Monday 9 July 1945
Time:15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:608 (County of York North Riding) Sqn RAF
Registration: RV351
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Downham Market, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito RV351: Took off at 15:00 hrs for Air Test flight. 09/07/1945
Undercarriage leg collapsed when engines started up RAF Downham Market.
Crew:
W/O (????) C.G. JOHNSTON (pilot) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2013 03:17 Nepa Added
30-Jul-2014 18:27 BlB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
31-Aug-2015 19:02 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative]
22-Feb-2016 09:44 AlLah Updated [Operator]
12-Mar-2019 16:54 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
02-Feb-2022 21:56 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Jul-2023 07:00 Rob Davis Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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