Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR339,
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Date:Tuesday 22 February 1944
Time:09:55
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:248 Sqn RAF
Registration: LR339
MSN: DM-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Portreath, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Destination airport:RAF Portreath
Narrative:
Mosquito LR339 (DM-F): Took off at 07:55 hrs for Offensive patrol. 22/02/1944
Returned early for Hydraulick /undercarriage failure. Landing at 09:55 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (134.186) Frederick Stanley LACY (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
W/O (935992) Geoffrey Gordon HARKER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 248 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 November 1944 ???? 248 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland min
25 January 1945 SZ959 248 Sqn RAF 2 Roughilly Wood, 2miles SW of RAF stn Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland w/o

Revision history:

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14-Jul-2022 18:25 Nepa Added [Operator]

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