Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX LR419,
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Date:Thursday 2 December 1943
Time:11:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX
Owner/operator:544 Sqn RAF
Registration: LR419
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Reeves Farm, Yalding, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR419: Took off at 10:35 hrs for a PR mission. 02/12/1943
Dived into ground out of cloud Yalding Kent at 11:20 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (C/1078) Alan Swaine PILCHER (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (151.265) Donald Frederick ROBINS (nav) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 544 Sqdn RAF
3.RAF West Malling: The RAF's First Night Fighter Airfield,

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2012 06:39 Nepa Added
21-Mar-2012 09:52 Nepa Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
29-Jun-2014 18:44 MiG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Aug-2014 12:52 Koumes Updated [Location, Narrative]
01-Aug-2015 19:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
03-Feb-2019 20:54 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Sep-2021 17:42 Nepa Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2021 17:45 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
02-Jul-2022 21:09 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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