Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HX805,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142217
 
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Date:Thursday 9 September 1943
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:301 FTU RAF
Registration: HX805
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Brinkworth, 3,5 miles of RAF stn Lyneham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HX805: Took off for Training flight. 09/09/1943.
Broke up in air Brinkworth Wiltshire.
Crew:
F/Sgt (Aus.413377) Leonard Burtham HABERECHT (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/Sgt (550725) Alfred Harold BUTTON (nav.) RAF - Injured


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 301 FTU RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Feb-2012 13:19 Nepa Added
27-Mar-2013 13:00 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative]
04-May-2014 15:05 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
04-Jun-2014 06:48 Nepa Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Narrative]
30-Aug-2014 14:29 Juan P.Paco Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-Aug-2015 19:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Apr-2019 21:32 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
08-Dec-2021 21:50 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2022 09:21 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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