Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III VT623,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1056
 
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Date:Friday 27 August 1948
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:MTCE RN
Registration: VT623
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lemin Farm, Reawla, field 2mi SSW Gwinear Rd station Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RNAS Culdrose /HMS Seahawk, Cornwall
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito VT623: Took off for Test flight. 27/08/1948
The aircraft whilst on a maintenance test flight from Culdrose, an engine caught fire and crashed at Lemin Farm, Reawla, field 2m SSW Gwinear Rd station near Hale, Cornwall.
Crew:
???? (test pilot) FAA RN: injured.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB MTCE Royal Navy

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Jan-2008 05:25 JINX Added
19-Aug-2008 19:38 JINX Updated
15-May-2013 14:23 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
17-Apr-2014 16:40 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
29-Apr-2023 18:24 Nepa Updated [[Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]]

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