Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 40 A52-91,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121449
 
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Date:Monday 24 September 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 40
Owner/operator:5 RSU RAAF
Registration: A52-91
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAAF stn Wama Airstrip, Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies. -   Indonesia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAAF Wama, Morotai
Narrative:
Mosquito A52-91: (5 Repair and Servicing Unit RAAF)
Crashed on landing RAAF Morotai. 24/09/1945
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.417231) Leonard Charles PERKS (pilot) RAAF - Ok

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGallery
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a52.shtml

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Apr-2011 04:49 Nepa Added
28-Dec-2011 23:38 angels one five Updated [Country, Narrative]
29-Dec-2011 01:33 angels one five Updated [Country, Narrative]
31-Jul-2014 17:31 Jixon Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
21-Sep-2015 20:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
22-Sep-2015 19:22 Kraus Updated [Location, Destination airport]
24-Oct-2015 06:51 QQ3 Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
07-Mar-2016 08:33 Angel dick one five Updated [Nature, Narrative]
07-Mar-2016 08:36 Angel dick one five Updated [Nature, Source]
27-Oct-2019 19:55 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
14-Jun-2021 21:52 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
24-Jun-2021 16:08 Angel Dick one Updated [Location, Operator]
03-Jul-2021 20:53 Lelek Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]

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