Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 TA716,
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Date:Friday 29 April 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:231 OCU RAF
Registration: TA716
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles north-west of RAF stn Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Coningsby
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito TA716: Took off for a night training flight. 29/04/1949.
Yawed while on return on a night approach and hit trees. The plane undershot and crashed on approach two miles north-west of RAF Coningsby.
Crew: ???? Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.231 OCU RAF ORB:
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101348

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2012 15:28 Nepa Added
02-Jan-2012 15:43 Nepa Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2014 12:37 Nick Slaughter Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
29-Aug-2015 12:01 pepa Updated [Location]
02-Apr-2019 17:29 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 16:11 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 16:12 Anon. Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Sep-2021 16:12 Nepa Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
27-Nov-2021 21:19 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
27-Nov-2021 21:27 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
08-May-2023 15:42 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]
10-Jul-2023 08:56 Nepa Updated [[[Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]]

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