ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 120923
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1945 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 248 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF612 |
| MSN: | DM-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 25 miles south of Plymouth, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Devon |
Mosquito RF612/Z: Took off at 10:55 hrs for Wing exercise /Making training attacks on Spitfires. 23/08/1945
Stalled off turn and spun into sea 25miles south of Plymouth. Crashed into the sea at 13:30 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (128359) John Frederick GREEN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (145850) George Brown FORREST DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 248 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1944 | HP973 | 248 Sqn RAF | 2 | The English Channel off Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany. |  |
w/o |
| 7 December 1944 | PZ346 | 248 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Gossen, Aukra |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2011 03:46 | Nepa | Added |
| 24-Apr-2014 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2014 08:40 | Wilbur | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2015 07:41 | AlLah | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2015 12:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2016 07:19 | Wilbur | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 19-Feb-2019 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-May-2019 18:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 20:02 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2022 09:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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