Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD???,
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Date:Sunday 14 February 1943
Time:21:10
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:85 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD???
MSN: VY-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Hunsdon
Narrative:
Mosquito DD???/W: Took off at 20:55 hrs for GCI East Hill patrol. 14/02/1943
Returned early for Weapon bent. Landing Ok at 21:10 hrs..
Crew:
S/Ldr (40298) Richard Francis HATTON (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (103.521) Cecil Vernon REEVES (obs.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 85 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 November 1943 HK??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn West Malling, Kent, England. min
24 December 1944 MV??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England non
29 December 1944 MV??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England min
2 January 1945 MV??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England min
15 January 1945 MV565 85 Sqn RAF 2 North Sea, 1 mile off Felixstowe, near Suffolk coast, England w/o
20 March 1945 NS998 85 Sqn RAF 2 The Wash, 1½ mile N of the Norfolk Coast, off Kings Lynn, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Aug-2022 19:30 Nepa Added [Operator]
21-Aug-2022 19:04 Nepa Updated [Cn, Operator]
26-Aug-2022 08:53 Nepa Updated [Source, Operator]

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