Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 RL137,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164097
 
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Date:Saturday 20 September 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration: RL137
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Rempstone, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Narrative:
Mosquito RL137: Took off for Airshow over Wymeswold. 20/09/1947
Crashed at Rempstone, Nottinghamshire during Battle of Britain Air display at RAF Wymeswold.
Both the aircrew survived and the aircraft was subsequently struck off charge on 07/10/1947
Crew: ???? Ok


Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. ORB 264 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2490/15

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Feb-2014 16:32 Nepa Added
04-Mar-2014 21:37 Nepa Updated [Location]
11-Nov-2014 13:19 King T. Updated [Location]
31-Jul-2015 16:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
02-May-2019 21:08 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
01-Dec-2019 16:23 Nepa Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jun-2021 09:14 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 09:53 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Aug-2022 19:24 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
09-May-2023 17:19 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
09-May-2023 20:36 Nepa Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]]
06-Dec-2023 17:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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