Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB562,
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Date:Friday 16 February 1945
Time:
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:45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF
Registration: KB562
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Lungi, Freetown -   Sierra Leone
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:RAF ????
Destination airport:RAF Lungi, Freetown
Narrative:
Mosquito KB562: Took off for Transit flight. 16/02/1945
Crashed in forced landing RAF Lungi Sierra Leone.
Crew:
???? (pilot) RAF TC: Ok
???? (nav.) RAF TC: Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2013 08:45 Nepa Added
09-Mar-2015 10:00 Erectus Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
19-Sep-2015 10:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
02-Feb-2016 15:06 Heil Updated [Operator]
18-Oct-2019 17:32 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 11:52 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 11:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 23:05 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Oct-2023 10:29 Nepa Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]

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