Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HX909,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142280
 
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Date:Sunday 7 May 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:305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: HX909
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HX909: Took off for a training flight. 07/05/1944
Broke up in air Eynesbury Beds.
Crew:
F/Lt (115.141) William George HOLE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1804024) Edward Thomas WEST (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 305 Sqdn RAF

Images:


305 Sqn ORB entry for the end of May 44 showing Hole and West died on 7 May

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Feb-2012 04:01 Nepa Added
02-Jun-2014 12:05 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Nature, Narrative]
31-Aug-2014 14:33 HB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
11-Aug-2015 09:59 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
17-Mar-2019 20:44 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2022 06:10 grapeshot418 Updated [Operator, Source, Photo]
09-Oct-2022 20:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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