Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ723,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71734
 
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Date:Saturday 24 April 1943
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:605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ723
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Housedean Farm near Lewes, Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ723: Dived into ground nr Lewes Sussex. 24/04/1943
Crew:
S/Ldr (34025) Ian Maxwell Theodore De Kaap BOCOCK (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (1021483) Robert BROWN (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2010 10:50 NePa Added
31-Oct-2011 13:54 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 00:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
27-Jun-2014 06:50 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
25-Jul-2015 08:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Jan-2016 20:43 Froome Updated [Location, Source]
05-Apr-2016 16:50 King T. Updated [Narrative]
20-Sep-2018 10:49 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
06-May-2019 19:22 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 11:35 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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