Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI RS638,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164433
 
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Date:Friday 18 January 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:4 Sqn RAF
Registration: RS638
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Advanced Landing Ground Y.99 Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Gütersloh, NRW
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito RS638: Took off for test flight. 18/01/1946
Engine cut after take-off crashlanded Y.99 Gütersloh.
Crew:
F/Lt (116.430) Oswald "Charlie" CHAN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
LAC (1546520) Horace MAUDE (pass.) RAFVR - died on the 23.1.1946

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 4 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2014 20:40 Nepa Added
30-May-2014 14:06 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport]
31-Jul-2014 15:12 Nick Slaughter Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 20:48 Xindel X Updated [Location]
26-Oct-2014 15:35 Siczak Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
09-Mar-2015 19:17 Siczak Updated [Location]
09-Aug-2015 10:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
05-Feb-2016 21:53 Next Updated [Location, Narrative]
04-Feb-2017 20:11 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2019 19:41 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
29-Oct-2019 09:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
12-Feb-2021 10:22 JEPA Updated [Location, Source, Operator]
13-Jun-2021 10:06 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
31-Aug-2022 18:14 Nepa Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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