Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI G-AGGD,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18791
 
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Date:Monday 3 January 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:British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Registration: G-AGGD
MSN: c/n 98730
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:airfield F7 Såtenäs, Lidköping, Västergötland -   Sweden
Phase: Landing
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Destination airport:F7 Såtenäs, Västergötland
Narrative:
Mosquito G-AGGD (ex.HJ681) Took off for Cargo flight to Sweden. 03/01/1944
Aircraft was landing at Satenas with radio trouble at 19:06 hrs
The pilot it crash landed, damaging the undercarriage seriously. Both airscrews were bent and
the wings were also damaged. Decision to reduce G-AGGD to spares.
Crew:
Capt. Vernon A.M.HUNT (pilot) BOAC - Ok
R/O ???? BLOCKBURN (nav.) BOAC - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
23-Nov-2009 10:45 NePa Updated
10-Jan-2010 23:27 NePa Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Mar-2011 13:20 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 07:35 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
08-Sep-2011 07:40 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type]
20-Sep-2011 01:47 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
08-Oct-2011 08:24 Nepa Updated [Operator]
14-Aug-2012 11:07 Nepa Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Narrative]
31-Aug-2012 05:02 Masen63 Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
20-Oct-2012 01:49 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2014 10:06 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-Oct-2014 09:04 Investig Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Aug-2015 15:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
30-Aug-2018 20:16 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Operator]
09-Sep-2018 17:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Feb-2019 19:35 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
06-Mar-2019 16:46 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator]
21-Jan-2020 21:57 stehlik49 Updated [Location, Operator]
21-Jan-2020 22:02 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
06-Dec-2021 19:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-Jul-2022 19:41 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
13-Jun-2023 08:52 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Narrative, Operator]]
19-Aug-2023 12:26 Nepa Updated [[[Operator, Narrative, Operator]]]
26-Feb-2024 18:51 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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