Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII HK431,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72982
 
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Date:Sunday 16 January 1944
Time:01:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII
Owner/operator:410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HK431
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Castle Camps
Narrative:
Mosquito HK431: Hit tree on approach RAF Castle Camps at 01:20 hrs. 16/01/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (J/8410) Charles Frederick MEDHURST (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/20925) Alton Bradley HENDERSON (nav.) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
1.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Feb-2010 22:26 NePa Added
11-Nov-2011 12:41 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 08:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
27-May-2014 06:53 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Jul-2014 15:16 Route Updated [Location, Narrative]
04-Aug-2015 21:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
18-Oct-2015 15:45 Kraus Updated [Nature, Narrative]
24-Mar-2019 21:31 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Dec-2021 17:58 Nepa Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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