Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 KB620,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152640
 
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Date:Saturday 16 December 1944
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:45 (Atlantic Ferry) Gp TC RAF
Registration: KB620
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Atlantic Ocean -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:RAF Georgetown, British Guiana
Destination airport:Belem airfield, Brazil
Narrative:
Mosquito KB620: He took off for ferry flight to the Middle East. 16/12/1944
Missing between RAF Georgetown, British Guiana and Belem, Brazil.
Crew:
Capt. Truman Clay HENDERSON (US Civil. pilot) RAF TC - killed
R/O Allan William HARDING (Can. Civil. nav.) RAF TC - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.The source is Ocean Bridge by Carl A Christie
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2013 08:32 Nepa Added
08-Jun-2014 14:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
08-Jun-2014 14:52 Nepa Updated [Source]
12-Jun-2014 19:48 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
06-Apr-2015 09:54 SIS07 Updated [Location]
05-Sep-2015 07:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
02-Feb-2016 15:02 Heil Updated [Operator]
08-May-2019 16:05 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
10-Sep-2021 09:31 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 23:01 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 22:04 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
19-Nov-2023 13:18 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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