Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ812,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72285
 
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
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:301 FTU RAF
Registration: HJ812
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sea Persian Gulf. -   Bahrain
Phase: Take off
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Bahrein airfield
Destination airport:RAF ???
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ812: Took off for Ferra flight. 06/09/1943
Flew into sea Persian Gulf after take-off from RAF Bahrein.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1336691) Sidney Ashton SIMS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1439777) Harry RANDALL (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Feb-2010 00:07 NePa Added
24-Jul-2011 03:51 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-May-2012 09:00 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative]
08-May-2012 11:31 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative]
25-Jun-2014 12:26 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
01-Aug-2015 19:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Feb-2019 16:37 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 09:01 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
24-Oct-2021 22:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2022 09:04 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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