Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD604,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70766
 
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Date:Monday 25 May 1942
Time:
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:157 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD604
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Castle Camps
Narrative:
Mosquito DD604: Took off for test flight. 26/05/1942
During return pilot overshot landing, a swung violently and undercarriage collapsed.
Hit the bus full on landing RAF Castle Camps. On the bus was one killed and four injuries.
Crew:
P/O (112.320) Brian Mark WHITLOCK (pilot) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2009 13:02 NePa Added
20-Mar-2011 14:33 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2012 14:48 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-May-2014 06:49 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Jul-2014 07:10 Shout Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Dec-2014 21:45 Siczak Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
20-Dec-2014 11:15 Polish Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 08:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
29-Sep-2015 06:38 King T. Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2016 16:55 SIS07 Updated [Narrative]
21-Feb-2019 18:42 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
11-Oct-2021 08:42 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Jan-2022 19:59 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 09:36 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 10:13 Nepa Updated [Operator]

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