Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR629 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167771
 
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Date:Wednesday 18 April 1945
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:110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration: HR629
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Burma -   Myanmar
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Joari, Bengal
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HR629/W: Took off at 12:50hrs for recco mission to Twante canal. 18/04/1945 Missing.
Crew:
F/Lt (136.979) Raymond ROOTES (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (197.845) Stephen Hugh BLOWER (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 110 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jul-2014 16:41 Apen Added
16-Sep-2014 09:18 Siczak Updated [Location, Departure airport]
23-Oct-2014 09:00 DG333 Updated [Country, Narrative]
07-Nov-2014 15:28 Froome Updated [Operator]
24-Sep-2015 08:17 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
24-Sep-2015 12:15 Heil Updated [Location, Departure airport]
05-Sep-2018 05:56 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Sep-2018 07:07 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative, Operator]
06-Jun-2022 09:22 Nepa Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator]

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