Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX KB178,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163548
 
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Date:Friday 17 September 1943
Time:11:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX
Owner/operator:36 OTU RCAF
Registration: KB178
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3.5 miles south-east of Hampden Bridgetown, Nova Scotia -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito KB178: Took off for training flight /formation practice. 17/09/1943
Crashed at 3.5 miles S.E. of Hampden Bridgetown, NS at 11:45 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.413900) Allan James RUTHERFORD (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (153254) Trevor Alfred PITTOCK (nav.) RAFVR - killed


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b1RollOfHonour_No36OTU_TrainingCasualties.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jan-2014 18:41 Nepa Added
03-Jun-2014 17:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
03-Jun-2014 17:39 Nepa Updated [Location]
11-Apr-2015 17:52 King T. Updated [Location]
02-Aug-2015 19:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
28-Sep-2015 19:40 Nepa Updated [Location]
31-Mar-2019 19:32 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
12-Sep-2021 22:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jun-2022 12:14 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Oct-2023 09:49 Nepa Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]

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