Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD792,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198415
 
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Date:Wednesday 6 January 1943
Time:04:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD792
MSN: YP-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:RAF stn Luqa. -   Malta
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Luqa, Malta
Destination airport:RAF Luqa
Narrative:
Mosquito DD792/B: Took off at 04:10 hrs for intruder mission to Western Sicily. 06/01/1943 
Returned early for VHF u/s. Landing Ok at 04:50 hrs.
Crew: 
F/O (J/8760) John Henry STRIEBEL (us.pilot) RCAF - Ok 
F/O (116.961) Leonard Stanley ANDREWS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 July 1942 DD792 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Exeter, Devon, England. min
14 September 1942 DD792 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England min
15 January 1943 DD792 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa. min
19 January 1943 DD792 23 Sqn RAF 0 Tripoli. min
16 February 1943 DD792 23 Sqn RAF 2 near Porto Palo, Province of Syracuse, Sicily. w/o
9 June 1943 HJ674 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
20 May 1950 RL257 23 Sqn RAF 0 1 mile ENE of Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Aug-2017 16:16 Nepa Added
17-Oct-2021 15:19 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 19:25 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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