Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito TR Mk 33 TW231,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166613
 
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Date:Thursday 29 May 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito TR Mk 33
Owner/operator:TFU RAF
Registration: TW231
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Defford, Worcestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Defford, Worcestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito TW231: Hit by taxiing Lancaster NX618 while parked at RAF Defford. 29/05/1947
Crew: ???? Ok

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 50)
4. https://deffordairfieldheritagegroup.wordpress.com/aircraft-at-defford/aircraft-at-defford/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-May-2014 19:43 Nepa Added
06-Mar-2015 06:19 Zeeland Updated [Operator, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 17:15 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
13-Apr-2018 17:25 Nepa Updated [Operator]
13-Apr-2018 17:25 Nepa Updated [Operator]
09-Oct-2018 07:07 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
20-Nov-2019 10:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Nov-2019 00:22 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 22:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator]
19-Feb-2020 21:30 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Jul-2021 08:42 Anon. Updated [Time, Operator]
15-Sep-2021 21:44 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jan-2022 21:29 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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