Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ662,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72081
 
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Date:Thursday 30 July 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:A&AEE RAF
Registration: HJ662
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ662: Tookoff for Test flight. 30/07/1942 
Engine cut on take-off hit Beaufighters R2311 and R2057 RAF Boscombe Down.
Mosquito HJ662G (Prototype FB.Mk.VI.) F/Lt JARVIS:
Full load at that time was Tests 2xl000 lb bombs under wings Throttle problems (no Locking device)
starboard throttle slipped back to Zero and we swung into a pair of Beau fighters parked near runway consequently our Mossie was a Write Off and the Beaus were very damaged. F/Lt Jarvis and myself o.k.
Crew:
F/Lt (43472) John Arthur JARVIS DFC (test pilot) RAF – Ok
Sgt (1188456) Kenneth James MITCHELL (test oper.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a8491377.shtml
3.ORB AAEE RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jan-2010 01:10 NePa Added
21-Mar-2011 09:32 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2012 12:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Jan-2013 15:01 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
14-Oct-2013 11:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Jun-2014 14:53 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 09:11 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 09:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Apr-2016 13:51 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative]
13-Apr-2018 17:25 Nepa Updated [Operator]
21-Aug-2018 07:37 Nepa Updated [Operator]
21-Aug-2018 07:37 harro Updated [Operator]
10-Sep-2018 07:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
21-Feb-2019 19:04 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Oct-2021 18:09 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jul-2022 09:54 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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