Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 36 RL???,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218079
 
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Date:Tuesday 26 August 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 36
Owner/operator:85 Sqn RAF
Registration: RL???
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Istres/Le Tubé Air Base near Istres, northwest of Marseille. -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF West Malling, Kent
Destination airport:RAF Luqa, Malta
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito RL???: Took off for Training flight /navigation exercise over Malta. 26/08/1947
The trips was success a slight engine defect which appeared on route being rectified at Ystres.  
Crew:
F/Lt (161.070) Stanley Arthur “Stan” DURRANT (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (194.366) Leonard BATIN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

Sources: 
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 85 Sqdn RAF








Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Nov-2018 20:53 Nepa Added [Operator]
10-Feb-2019 17:09 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
15-Nov-2019 09:16 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
03-Jan-2020 21:40 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 10:29 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
10-Jan-2022 11:23 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
10-Jan-2022 11:25 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
10-Jan-2022 20:43 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative, Operator]
10-Jan-2022 20:44 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative, Operator]

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