Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ755,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72529
 
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Date:Tuesday 13 July 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:1 OADU RAF
Registration: HJ755
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Fayld, 2 miles east of Calne, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Destination airport:RAF ???
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ755: Took off for training flight. 13/07/1943
Engine cut crashed 2miles east of Calne Wilts.
Crew:
F/O (110.613) Emrys THOMAS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (131.766) George Bell KING (obs.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2010 11:36 NePa Added
20-Dec-2010 09:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
10-Apr-2011 14:27 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2014 15:37 Holschtein Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 17:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
25-Mar-2019 10:15 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
27-May-2019 20:40 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator]
02-Jul-2022 18:54 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Oct-2022 12:47 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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