Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI PZ180,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165713
 
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Date:Monday 18 September 1944
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:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: PZ180
MSN: YP-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito PZ180/O: Took off for air test. 18/09/1944
Tyre burst on take-off swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:
F/O (J/24403) George Edward STEWART (pilot) RCAF - Ok
AC2 (2203795) Samuel Ralph BARRATT (pass./pilot u/t) RAFVR - Sustained a fractured leg as as superficial cuts and abrasions

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 September 1942 DD683 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England min
9 September 1942 DD683 23 Sqn RAF 2 North sea,15 miles south-east of RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England w/o
8 October 1942 DD691 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. min
27 December 1942 DD691 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa w/o
28 June 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
14 August 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
7 September 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 Sigonella airfield, Siracusa, Sicily. min
3 November 1943 HJ682 23 Sqn RAF 0 Pomigliano airfield, near Naples, Campania min
27 March 1945 PZ437 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Apr-2014 08:45 Nepa Added
15-May-2014 14:05 Nepa Updated [Country]
26-Jul-2014 21:01 BlB Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
29-Aug-2015 13:19 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
05-Oct-2015 10:50 Iwosh Updated [Cn]
09-Oct-2015 18:05 BlB Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2015 18:14 Iwosh Updated [Narrative]
09-Oct-2015 18:34 BlB Updated [Narrative]
11-May-2019 17:30 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
18-Oct-2021 12:26 Nepa Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2023 12:49 Anon. Updated [[Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]]
18-Sep-2023 07:06 Rob Davisr Updated [[[Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
22-Sep-2023 18:02 Nepa Updated [[[[Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]

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