Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB440,
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Date:Friday 8 December 1944
Time:11:26
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:1655 MTU RAF
Registration: KB440
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito KB440: Tookoff for Training flight. 08/12/1944
Swung on take-off and undercarriage collapsed RAF Wyton.
Crew:-
F/Lt (157843) Denis Francis WHITE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1603222 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 January, 1944)

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Dec-2012 12:12 Nepa Added
26-Jul-2014 16:23 wilbur Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
04-Sep-2015 21:06 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
07-Jul-2019 11:34 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
16-Oct-2021 09:04 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2022 08:12 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 09:25 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 18:22 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-Nov-2023 12:28 Nepa Updated [Source, Operator]
18-Nov-2023 10:03 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Dec-2023 12:57 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]

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