Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI A52-529,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121551
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 August 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 VI
Owner/operator:1 Sqn RAAF
Registration: A52-529
MSN: ex.HR508
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAAF stn Labuan, Labuan Island, North Borneo -   Malaysia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:????
Destination airport:RAAF Labaun Island
Narrative:
Mosquito A52-529 (ex.HR508): Took off for Ferry flight. 29/08/1945
Aircraft overshot runway on landing and groundlooped at the RAF Labaun end.
Converted to components. 04/09/1945
Crew:
F/O (Aus.405626) Norman John DRAPER (pilot) RAAF - Ok
P/O (Aus.439026) James Harold HESS (nav.) RAAF - Ok

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a52.shtml

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Apr-2011 12:59 Nepa Added
22-Sep-2015 18:06 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative]
24-Oct-2015 14:01 Ing Edcker Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2015 12:05 Iwosh Updated [Narrative]
14-Jan-2019 21:45 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2021 22:33 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2021 22:36 Anon. Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 16:05 Quentin Updated [Narrative, Operator]
20-Jun-2021 09:53 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
20-Jun-2021 09:56 TB Updated [Operator]
04-Jul-2021 10:05 TB Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Jun-2022 10:14 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
03-Jul-2023 21:22 Ron Averes Updated [[Location, Operator]]
12-Jan-2024 16:40 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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