Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HX918,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170433
 
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Date:Monday 14 November 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:334 skv. Luftforsvaret (RNoAF)
Registration: HX918
MSN: F-AR
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:The North sea, the waters of Boknafjorden, south of Haugesund. -   Norway
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RNoAF Solo /Stavanger
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HX918: Crashed into the sea from 500 m height some hundred meters aft of the route the ship M/S "Haugesund" 14/11/1949 
Crew: 
Lt. (N.6371) Willi BØRRETZEN (pilot) RNoAF - killed 
Sgt Hans Fredrik ANDERSEN (nav.) RNoAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%203%20Mosquito.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Oct-2014 08:49 Thomas Fuk Added
12-Oct-2014 08:51 Thomas Fuk Updated [Location, Narrative]
12-Oct-2014 08:55 Thomas Fuk Updated [Operator]
25-Jul-2015 07:53 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
04-Nov-2015 11:56 TB Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Nov-2015 20:14 Thomas Fuk Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative]
17-Nov-2015 20:41 Thomas Fuk Updated [Departure airport]
23-Nov-2015 21:16 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Nov-2015 21:17 TB Updated [Phase]
24-Nov-2015 15:27 Thomas Fuk Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Nov-2015 21:17 TB Updated [Location, Nature]
28-Nov-2015 14:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
07-Sep-2017 19:10 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
10-Oct-2017 17:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
02-May-2019 20:01 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
14-Nov-2019 14:52 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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