Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV DZ532,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51965
 
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Date:Monday 3 May 1943
Time:12:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV
Owner/operator:540 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ532
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 6 km south of Kijkduin, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ532: Took off at 10:30 hrs for PR mission to Breslau. 03/05/1943
Missing. Damaged by Flak. Crashed at 12:38 hrs. 
Crew: 
W/O (521.717) Thomas John MOSS (pilot) RAF - killed 
F/O (125.815) George Nevill SUTTON (obs.) RAFVR - killed 

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Nov-2009 22:06 NePa Updated
31-Oct-2011 14:04 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Jul-2014 13:59 Juan P.Paco Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Aug-2014 13:27 J.Paco Updated [Narrative]
25-Jul-2015 08:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
02-May-2018 09:00 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
20-May-2018 09:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2021 21:37 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-Dec-2021 10:15 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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