Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD683,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70812
 
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Date:Wednesday 9 September 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:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD683
MSN: YP-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North sea,15 miles south-east of RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD683/O: Took off at 23:45 hrs for operational flight over Soesterburg, Holland, 08/09/1942
Dived into North sea 15miles SE of RAF Bradwell Bay. 09/09/1942
Crew:
F/O (67104) Ian Norman STEIN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1261893) Henry George CHALLICOMBE (obs.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/17887

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 September 1942 DD683 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England min
8 October 1942 DD691 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. min
27 December 1942 DD691 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa w/o
28 June 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
14 August 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
7 September 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 Sigonella airfield, Siracusa, Sicily. min
3 November 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 Pomigliano airfield, near Naples, Campania min
18 September 1944 PZ180 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England w/o
27 March 1945 PZ437 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2009 04:28 NePa Added
22-Feb-2011 14:32 ThW Updated [Cn, Source]
05-Feb-2012 13:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 10:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Aug-2014 16:38 Victor Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 10:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
28-Aug-2015 17:30 pepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Apr-2016 17:13 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Apr-2019 18:16 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 21:03 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
17-Oct-2021 09:46 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2022 17:50 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Oct-2022 09:47 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]

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