Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB475,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152496
 
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Date:Tuesday 20 February 1945
Time:10:40
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:45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF
Registration: KB475
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Lajes Field, near Lajes, Terceira, Azores. -   Portugal
Phase: Take off
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:RAF Lages Field, Azores
Destination airport:Port Lyautey airfield, French Morocco.
Narrative:
Mosquito KB475: Took off for Ferry flight to Port Lyautey airfield, Kenitra. 20/02/1945
Crashed on take off at RAF Lages Field.
Crew:
F/Lt (P.0678) Jerzy M GOLDHAAR (pol.pilot) PAF - killed
F/O (NZ417306) Thomas Henry MONSON (nav.) RNZAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://archive.warbirdinformationexchange.org/archives/post2461.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2013 03:23 Nepa Added
07-Jul-2014 13:01 MiG17 Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2015 20:23 H.Shaft Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
19-Sep-2015 10:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
02-Feb-2016 15:07 Heil Updated [Operator]
13-May-2019 19:31 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 11:53 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-May-2022 08:56 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
15-Jun-2022 18:38 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
12-Jul-2023 04:47 Ron Averes Updated [[Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]]

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