Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ253,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71078
 
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Date:Tuesday 18 January 1944
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:8 (C) OTU RAF
Registration: DZ253
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:East Mains Farm, Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ253: Broke up in air Pennan Aberdeenshire. 18/01/1944
Crashed in sea off Pennan Head 5 miles West of Rosehearty.
Wing came off in flight and came down on East Mains farm, Pennan.
Crew:
F/Lt (113.434) John Kenneth Alistair SIMPSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1578029) Raymond Frere WATERMAN (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 8 OTU RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jan-2010 23:58 NePa Added
25-Mar-2010 11:31 Anon. Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
11-Nov-2011 12:41 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Jun-2014 21:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
11-Jun-2014 14:21 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
04-Aug-2015 21:06 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-Sep-2015 13:11 INV Updated [Location, Narrative]
24-Mar-2019 21:32 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Feb-2022 10:35 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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