ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104774
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| Date: | Saturday 11 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX /F-8 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | KB328 |
| MSN: | 43-34930 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USAAF Sta. Fort Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | USAAF Fort Dix, NJ |
Mosquito KB328 (USAAF as 43-34930): Takeoff for test flight. 11/03/1944
The engine failed during the take off / accident at AAF Fort Dix.
Crew:
Maj. (O-420960) Frederic Austin "Fred" BORSODI DFC (test pilot) USAAF - Ok
??? (nav.) USAAF - Ok
Lockheed YP-80 Shooting Stars 44-83026: Caught fire in flight. The airplane disintegrated and crashed at Bold, near Widnes, Cheshire, at 12:01 hrs. Its pilot, Wright Field test pilot Major Frederic Austin Borsodi, was killed on 28/01/1945.
Sources:
1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1943 | KB328 | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) | 0 | Wright Field /AAF Sta Wright-Patterson, Riverside, Ohio. | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2011 13:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants] |
| 07-Oct-2011 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2012 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2013 13:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Aug-2014 19:16 | Newton | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2015 17:47 | Shuntt | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 03-Apr-2015 17:48 | Shuntt | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 10-Oct-2015 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 03-Jan-2016 18:00 | Jimi | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2016 22:15 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 27-Aug-2018 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2018 07:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2021 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2021 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2021 23:14 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2023 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
| 28-Sep-2023 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]] |
| 29-Sep-2023 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [[[[Narrative, Operator]]]] |
| 07-Oct-2023 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [[[[[Narrative, Operator]]]]] |
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