Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III HJ976,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72423
 
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Date:Friday 8 August 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:69 Sqn RAF
Registration: HJ976
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF stn Wahn, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -   Germany
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:RAF Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Destination airport:RAF Wahn (Ger.)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ976: Took off for Passanger flight. 08/08/1947
An engine caught fire in the air resulting in the crash of the Mosquito and the deaths of the two persons on board.
Crew:
W/Cdr (40316) John Howard PLAYER DSO DFC (2.pilot) RAF - killed
S/Ldr (119.012) Ernest Gordon SPRINGTHORPE (1.pilot) RAF - killed


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.RAF Casualties-1947.
3.ORB 69 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Feb-2010 23:15 NePa Added
06-Feb-2012 08:16 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Mar-2013 21:20 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2013 18:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative]
28-May-2014 16:46 Nepa Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Jul-2014 17:32 MiG15 Updated [Narrative]
18-Apr-2015 18:25 Xindel X Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 20:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
10-Feb-2019 17:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
17-Mar-2019 17:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Operator]
27-Feb-2020 13:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
01-Oct-2021 22:12 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Aug-2022 21:44 Nepa Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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