Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR404,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142154
 
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Date:Monday 5 March 1945
Time:01:40
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:45 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR404
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Thazi, Mandalay, Burma -   Myanmar
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Thazi
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HR404: Tookoff at 01:40 hrs for Strike mission over Central Burma. 05/03/1945
Hit water buffalo on take-off and undercarriage collapsed at RAF Thazi.
Crew:
W/O (1077386) Sinclair O'CONNOR DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
W/O (1344808) Anthony Alexander McKIE (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 45 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jan-2012 00:24 Nepa Added
06-Jul-2014 17:49 MiG15 Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Sep-2014 16:15 Oezil Updated [Location, Departure airport]
23-Sep-2015 07:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
20-Oct-2019 07:48 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2022 21:27 Nepa Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Dec-2023 12:31 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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