Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII MM479,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164902
 
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Date:Monday 26 March 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII
Owner/operator:264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: MM479
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Advanced Landing Ground B.51 Lille/Vendeville, Nord. -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.51 Lille/Vendeville, Nord (Fr.)
Destination airport:B.51 Lille/Vendeville
Narrative:
Mosquito MM479: Took off for test flight. 26/03/1945
Undercarriage jammed belly-landed at B.51 Lille/Vendeville.
Crew:
S/Ldr (42293) Ivor Henry COSBY DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/Lt (106.676) Edward Robert MURPHY DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 264 Sqdn RAF nic

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Mar-2014 14:53 Nepa Added
15-May-2014 16:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport]
22-Aug-2015 18:33 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Feb-2016 20:27 Next Updated [Location]
03-Feb-2016 22:16 Heil Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
06-Jul-2019 22:26 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 16:12 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 07:29 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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