Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV G-AGFV,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71340
 
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Date:Sunday 14 May 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV
Owner/operator:British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Registration: G-AGFV
MSN: (c/n 98421)
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Destination airport:Stockholm-Bromma airfield
Narrative:
Mosquito G-AGFV (ex.DZ411): Tookoff for a Cargo flying to Stockholm /Bromma airfield. 14/05/1944
Damaged wheel brakes burst after heavy braking during aborted take off due to overheating port engine.
Crew: ???? Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 April 1943 G-AGFV British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 0 airfield F8 Stockholm /Barkarby. min
4 July 1944 G-AGFV British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 0 Stockholm/ Bromma airfield min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jan-2010 23:27 NePa Added
28-Mar-2011 02:36 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
24-Feb-2012 13:02 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Aug-2012 11:04 Nepa Updated [Operator]
12-Oct-2013 14:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
22-May-2014 09:19 Nepa Updated [Destination airport]
24-Jun-2014 18:48 Next Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Aug-2015 19:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
04-Apr-2018 16:20 Nepa Updated [Operator]
30-Aug-2018 20:18 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Sep-2018 17:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
17-Feb-2019 20:24 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
06-Dec-2021 19:22 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-Jul-2022 19:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
31-Jul-2022 19:50 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Apr-2024 16:39 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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