Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD???,
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Date:Tuesday 23 March 1943
Time:23:05
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: YP-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 22:40 hrs for S/L co-op. 23/03/1943
Returned early for Weapon bent. Landing Ok at 23:05 hrs
Crew:
S/Ldr (74700) Edward Dixon CREW DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt (1394775) Stanley Philip BENGE (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
14 September 1942 DZ238 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. non
10 May 1943 DZ235 23 Sqn RAF 0 Mediterranean Sea. min
27 June 1943 HJ738 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
26 March 1944 LR249 23 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - Mediterranean Sea w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Aug-2022 13:57 Nepa Added [Operator]
23-Jul-2023 11:15 Nepa Updated [[Operator]]

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