Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 PF679,
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Date:Thursday 16 June 1949
Time:13:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:540 Sqn RAF
Registration: PF679
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Sola airfield, Stavanger, The Stavanger Peninsula -   Norway
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife
Destination airport:Sola airfield
Narrative:
Mosquito PF679: Takeoff at 11:20 hrs from RAF Leuchars for carry out exercise "Jolly Four". 16/06/1949
Port engine failure, forced landin at Sola airfield (Stavanger) Norway. Pilot made safe singel engine landing at 13:45 hrs. Engine trouble necessitating the port enging to be changed.
Crew:
F/Lt (124.164) Peter Ivan HART DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
Nav.I (????) F. BAKER (nav.) RAF - Ok

Sources:

Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Aug-2021 11:29 Nepa Added [Operator]
08-Oct-2021 21:39 Nepa Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]

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