Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI RG117,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163330
 
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Date:Friday 15 March 1946
Time:10:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:680 Sqn RAF
Registration: RG117
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:18 miles SE of RAF stn Ramat David, SE of Haifa, Mandatory Palestine -   Israel
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:LG-209 RAF Deversoir, Egypt
Destination airport:RAF Ramat David
Narrative:
Mosquito RG117: Took off at 09:35 hrs for Survey mission over Palestina. 15/03/1946
Caught fire and abandoned 18 miles SE of RAF Ramat David.
Crew landed safely and was taken by Army Jeep to RAF Ramat David. Return to LG 209 at 16:35 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (147964) Noel Robert CLARK (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Lt (106676) Edward Robert MURPHY DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 680 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Jan-2014 14:17 Nepa Added
21-Sep-2014 18:26 Tu104 Updated [Location, Narrative]
30-Jan-2015 19:06 Gagarin Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
10-Sep-2015 13:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
14-May-2019 07:18 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 20:35 Anon. Updated [Narrative, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 21:14 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]
01-Sep-2022 11:03 Nepa Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Jun-2023 08:48 Nepa Updated [[Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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