Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito 440,
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Date:Tuesday 9 August 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
Owner/operator:1st Aviation Gp ROCAF
Registration: 440
MSN: ex.????
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wen County, Longnan Prefecture, Gansu Province -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:ROCAF ????, China
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito 440 (ex.???): During flight was struck by lightning and went down. 09/08/1949
Crew:
Shitai ZHOU (????) ROCAF - killed
Zhonglin ZHOU (????) ROCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.https://www.163.com/dy/article/FOJ11BQ405159NLJ.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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9 August 1954 21?? Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 1 ???? w/o
9 September 1954 2143 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 1 ???? w/o
19 March 1955 2149 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? w/o
25 May 1955 2161 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? w/o
7 June 1955 2161 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? w/o
12 February 1956 2146 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? w/o
15 April 1956 21?? Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 1 ???? w/o
30 July 1956 2150? Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? w/o
2 October 1956 2173 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? sub
2 October 1956 2181 Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) 0 ???? sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jul-2023 07:10 RDV Added
11-Jul-2023 09:12 Nepa Updated

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