Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 RG306,
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Date:Saturday 23 August 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:81 Sqn RAF
Registration: RG306
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 mile south of Papar, Borneo. -   Malaysia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Labuan, Borneo
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito RG306: Took off at 07:40 hrs for mission. 23/08/1947
Caught in bad weather (in a typhoon) with no diversion airfield crashlanded 1mile south of Papar Borneo.
Crew:
F/Sgt (???) NICHOLSON (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (????) LYNE (nav.) RAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://81squadron.com/81%20Sqdn%20History%20-%20Part%203.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Feb-2014 08:31 Nepa Added
10-Dec-2014 09:09 Iwosh Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 19:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
17-Feb-2019 21:45 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
19-Sep-2021 11:23 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jan-2022 18:28 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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