Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 PF623,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159776
 
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Date:Saturday 12 February 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:81 Sqn RAF
Registration: PF623
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north off RAF stn Tengah. -   Singapore
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Tengah, Singapore
Destination airport:RAF Tengah
Narrative:
Mosquito PF623: Took off at 11:00 hrs for Training flight/ single engine overshoot practice 12/02/1949 
Lost height on single-engined overshoot and crashed in RAF Tengah.
Crew: 
F/O (57553) Kenneth Ernest Victor PRICE (pilot) RAF - killed 
N III. (3013523) Peter METCALFE (nav.) RAF - killed 




Sources:

1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
4.ORB 81 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2013 21:52 JINX Added
30-Sep-2013 12:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
30-May-2014 10:36 Nepa Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
21-Sep-2014 19:12 Digger Updated [Location]
29-Dec-2014 14:05 Anthony COX Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:50 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
08-Jan-2019 21:27 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Feb-2019 20:33 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
27-Jan-2022 18:32 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
23-Sep-2022 09:55 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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