Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX TA440,
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Date:Tuesday 13 March 1945
Time:22:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
Owner/operator:255 Sqn RAF
Registration: TA440
MSN: YD-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Falconara airfield, the province of Ancona -   Italy
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Falconara airfield (Italy)
Destination airport:Falconara airfield
Narrative:
Mosquito TA440/G: Took off at 21:14 hrs for Scramble. 13/03/1945
Returned early due to Radar AI u/s. Landing Ok at 22:05 hrs.
Crew:
W/O (1331785) Peter Maurice WINGFIELD (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1586389) George Laurence Knox CRAWFORD (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.RAF 255 Sqdn ORB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Apr-2022 22:53 Nepa Added [Operator]
18-Apr-2022 22:06 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Dec-2023 19:31 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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