Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII MM459,
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Date:Wednesday 18 April 1945
Time:00:20
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:409 (Nighthawk) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MM459
MSN: KP-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Advanced Landing Ground B.51 Lille/Vendeville, Nord. -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.51 Lille/Vendeville, Nord (F)
Destination airport:B.51 Lille/Vendeville
Narrative:
Mosquito MM459/Z: Took off at 22:40 hrs for night patrol.17/04/1945.
Returned early with engine trouble. Landing at 00:20 hrs 18.4.1945
Crew:
F/Lt (J/22998) E.A. McCLAIN (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Lt (J/20657) W.A. WARD (nav.) RCAF - Ok

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 409 Sqdn RCAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Aug-2016 16:00 Nepa Added
30-Aug-2016 18:10 Nepa Updated [Date, Time, Narrative]
23-Oct-2019 15:49 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
11-Nov-2019 16:35 Nepa Updated [Country, Operator]
23-Dec-2021 21:29 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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