Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ791,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69868
 
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Date:Saturday 4 August 1945
Time:23:50
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:13 OTU RAF
Registration: HJ791
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North sea in Filey Bay, north of Filey, Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St.George, Durham
Destination airport:RAF Middleton St.George
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ791: Took off for Night navex exercise. 04/08/1945
Engines failed, aircraft dived into North sea off north of Filey at 23:50 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (1890116) James Lomas MURRAY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1572874) Alex Robert Dewer DONALDSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 13 OTU RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Nov-2009 11:12 NePa Added
28-Jan-2012 14:00 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2014 16:07 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
17-Sep-2014 20:22 DB Updated [Location]
08-Sep-2015 18:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
12-Dec-2015 19:26 Faun Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Feb-2019 18:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 18:04 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
24-Oct-2021 22:03 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-May-2022 09:47 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Aug-2022 13:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]

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