ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17642
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| Date: | Monday 19 February 1945 |
| Time: | 23:31 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | PFNTU RAF |
| Registration: | DK313 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Warboys, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Warboys |
Mosquito DK313: Took off for a night training flight. 19/02/1945
Crashed on landing, overshoot in RAF Warboys at 23:31 hrs.
Pilot allowed his speed to drop and as resuld he sideslipped and crashed.
Crew:
F/Lt (137293) Victor George HALEY MM (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1251661 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 March, 1943)
F/Lt (49334) Donald Vincent BIDDER (nav.) RAF - killed (NCO:520456 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 September, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB PFNTU RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK313 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2008 10:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Feb-2010 10:31 | NePa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 11:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2014 08:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2014 16:21 | Shout | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Sep-2015 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2016 19:58 | Next | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 18:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 24-Oct-2021 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2022 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2022 08:23 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 03-Aug-2022 06:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2022 11:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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