Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HX913,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140077
 
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Date:Friday 21 July 1944
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:2 GSU RAF
Registration: HX913
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Portland Bill, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HX913: Took off for night training flight /navex exercise. 21/07/1944.
Flew into hill in steep climb at Portland Bill, Dorset, on night navex.
Crew:
F/Lt (88448) Robert Lewis BROWN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1333631) Thomas CHAMBERS (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/index.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Nov-2011 03:58 Nepa Added
19-Feb-2012 12:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities]
23-Apr-2014 13:15 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Aug-2015 09:44 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative]
06-May-2019 19:58 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
05-Oct-2021 18:45 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Jun-2023 17:14 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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