Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD???,
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Date:Monday 7 September 1942
Time:01:10
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: DD???
MSN: YP-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Manston, Kent
Destination airport:RAF Manston
Narrative:
Mosquito DD???/YP-X: Took off at 21:15 hrs for intruder mission to Melun Aerodrome/ Bretigny. 06/09/1942
Returned early at 01:10 hrs to base owing to Gyro trouble. 07/09/1942 
Crew: 
S/Ldr (70597) Kendrick Herbert SALUSBURY HUGHES DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok 
P/O (116.966) William Allison GREGORY DFC (obs) 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
21 February 1943 DD793 23 Sqn RAF 2 Mediterranean Sea area Marettimo Island and Pantelleria Island w/o
10 June 1943 HJ727 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
19 June 1943 HJ727 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jun-2019 08:15 Nepa Added [Operator]
17-Oct-2021 09:23 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2022 17:56 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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