Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB498,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144372
 
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Date:Friday 2 February 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: KB498
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:RAF Upwood
Narrative:
Mosquito KB498: Took off at 01:57hrs for mission over Berlin. 02/02/1945
Overshot landing and hit fence RAF Upwood.
Crew:
F/Lt (123508) Mark Henry WALLIS (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1386140 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
F/O (146012) Frederick William CRAWLEY DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:759197 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 July, 1943)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2012 10:34 Nepa Added
25-Jul-2014 17:37 Oezil Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
24-Aug-2015 16:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
01-Mar-2016 17:40 Charlie Harper Updated [Narrative]
19-Jun-2019 20:25 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
29-Sep-2021 18:27 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Aug-2022 06:08 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2022 08:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:23 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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