Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 MT463,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165121
 
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Date:Saturday 25 November 1944
Time:22:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:488 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: MT463
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Advanced Landing Ground B.48 Amiens/Glisy, Picardy region. -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.48 Amiens/Glisy, Picardy
Destination airport:B.48 Amiens/Glisy (Fr.)
Narrative:
Mosquito MT463: Took off at 22:05 hrs for Night patrol. 25/11/1944
Bounced on landing and undercarriage torn off B.48 Amiens/Glisy at 22:40 hrs.
Crew:
W/O (NZ416812) Reginald Walter MITCHELL (pilot) RNZAF - Ok
Sgt (1281197) Ronald Leonard BALLARD (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 488 Sqdn RNZAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Mar-2014 15:05 Nepa Added
15-May-2014 16:13 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport]
18-Jan-2015 19:12 T.Taylor Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
23-Apr-2015 05:44 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
23-Apr-2015 16:49 Angel dot comma Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
03-Sep-2015 22:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
04-Feb-2016 07:59 Next Updated [Location]
06-May-2019 14:00 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Apr-2021 16:50 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
14-Nov-2021 21:47 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
09-Jul-2022 15:18 Nepa Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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