Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD727,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70840
 
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Date:Monday 12 April 1943
Time:08:30
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:264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: DD727
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lapwing Farm (BA4 4FU) Somerset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Colerne, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD727: Take off at 08:15 hrs for Day Ranger mission. 12/04/1943
Took off in low cloud, flew low South over Oakhill, hit a tree on high ground on Old Frome Road.
Crashed in area of barn on Lapwing Farm at 08:30 hrs. 12/04/1943.
Crew:
F/Lt (102.153) Arthur Lowthian BARGE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (120.864) Arthur John MATTHEWS (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF
3.http://beaconhillsociety.org.uk/history/second-world-war/

Images:


Fl/O A.L. Barge (pilot of DD727)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2009 12:34 NePa Added
31-Oct-2011 13:42 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Feb-2013 13:10 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Jun-2014 15:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
01-Sep-2014 19:22 Faun Updated [Location]
25-Jul-2015 08:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Aug-2015 07:14 adam Updated [Location]
14-Mar-2019 08:22 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Apr-2019 06:21 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
10-Oct-2020 12:19 Anon. Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Photo]
14-Oct-2020 11:29 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 11:29 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 11:31 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 19:08 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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