Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX LR470,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167658
 
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Date:Friday 16 March 1945
Time:12:00
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:614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF
Registration: LR470
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Bisceglie, Apulia (BA). -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Amendola airfield (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR470: Took off for a Training flight. 16/03/1945
Dived into ground near Bisceglie, Italy at 12:00 hrs. Cause not known.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.419765) Ronald Kingston DORRINGTON (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (191.425) Charles Henry BOSTON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.militarian.com/threads/614-sqn-and-its-bisleys.3066/
3.ORB 614 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jun-2014 07:13 MiG21 Added
19-Nov-2014 15:06 Holschtein Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative]
23-Sep-2015 06:42 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
01-Jul-2017 19:14 j155 Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Mar-2019 07:44 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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