Date:	Thursday 21 December 1944
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25
Owner/operator:	De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. Canada
Registration:	KB563
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Fisherville, near de Havilland airport Downsview, Ontario -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Downsview airport, ON
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito KB563: Took off for a test flight before delivery. 21/12/1944
A single missing retaining screw resulted in a jammed aileron and crash.
Crew:
Capt. Arthur COPP (civil. pilot) RAF TC - killed
R/O Jack Ernest ROGERS (civil. nav.) RAF TC - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=38141
3.Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 22 December 1944
4.Ocean bridge: the history of R.A.F. Ferry Command - Page 384

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jun-2014 16:36	Nepa	Added
23-Sep-2014 12:36	Oezil	Updated [Operator]
01-Apr-2015 06:19	QQ3	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Sep-2015 10:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]
28-Dec-2017 20:58	TB	Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2018 16:49	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
29-Apr-2019 17:26	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
10-Sep-2021 09:38	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
04-Oct-2021 17:48	Nepa	Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 19:58	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 22:18	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Oct-2023 09:29	Nepa	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]