Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI NS898,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170157
 
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Date:Friday 27 May 1949
Time:10:00
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:11 Sqn RAF
Registration: NS898
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Danube River, Urfahrhof, Genderkingen, Bayern. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Wahn (G)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito NS898/H: Took off for daylight cross-country exercise /training flight. 27/05/1949 
Stalled off turn and fell into Danube River Hochstadt Germany.
Crew:
PII (1817539) Benjamin Edward Aurelius MARCUIS (pilot) RAF - killed
NII (543669) Thomas STEVENSON (nav.) RAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Passauer Neue Presse 31 May 1949
3.ORB 11 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2014 17:34 TB Added
27-Jan-2015 17:41 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Feb-2015 08:13 DB Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative]
10-Feb-2015 08:50 Zeeland Updated [Location]
26-Jul-2015 09:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Mar-2019 19:19 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 18:09 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
27-Sep-2021 17:49 Nepa Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Oct-2021 21:59 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]

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