Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 26 KA407,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151350
 
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Date:Tuesday 30 April 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 26
Owner/operator:39 Sqn RAF
Registration: KA407
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:El Geill, 30 miles north of RAF stn Khartoum -   Sudan
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Khartoum, Sudan
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito KA407: Take off for a Training flight / W/T exercise. 30/04/1946
Broke up in air and crashed El Geill Sudan.
Crew:
P/O (202110) Eric Hugh COE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (167706) Anthony Frank CHESTERFIELD (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 39 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Dec-2012 12:39 Nepa Added
28-Oct-2014 09:27 Digger Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Sep-2015 18:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
03-Mar-2019 19:00 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Mar-2019 20:31 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
05-Jul-2021 09:23 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Sep-2021 12:09 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Sep-2021 12:27 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator]
01-Sep-2022 18:03 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-May-2023 20:12 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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