Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX MM246,
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Date:Sunday 10 September 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX
Owner/operator:544 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM246
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM246: Lost power on take-off ground-looped to avoid overshoot and undercarriage collapsed RAF Benson 10/09/1944
Crew:
F/O (131033) Richard Montague GOODWIN (pilot) RAFVR - injured
F/O (160609) Wilfred WILSON (nav.) RAFVR - injured

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 544 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-May-2014 06:34 Nepa Added
26-Jul-2014 13:11 MiG29 Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Jan-2015 20:57 Thomas Fuk Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2015 08:44 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Mar-2019 16:58 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2021 18:22 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2023 20:59 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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