Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD607,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70776
 
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Date:Saturday 10 June 1944
Time:16:00
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:169 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD607
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gayton, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD627: Took off for Test flight. 10/06/1944
Abandoned after control lost in cloud Gayton Norfolk.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1395757) Peter Leslie HUMPHRIES (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1336648) Frederick Richmond MELLING (nav.) RAFVR- baled out Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2009 00:09 NePa Added
02-Mar-2012 06:49 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2014 19:24 BlB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
13-Aug-2014 16:12 BlB Updated [Narrative]
28-Sep-2014 17:29 INV Updated [Narrative]
06-Jan-2015 21:12 H.Shaft Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Narrative]
12-Aug-2015 16:42 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
09-May-2019 13:37 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
19-Mar-2021 16:43 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
06-Sep-2021 22:39 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Feb-2022 21:09 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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