Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII MM451,
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Date:Wednesday 7 June 1944
Time:01:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII
Owner/operator:96 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM451
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:English Channel, 10 miles off RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF West Malling, Kent
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM451: Took off at 23:30 hrs for Night patrol. 06/06/1944
Abandoned due to engine failure at 01:50 hrs over English Channel. 07/06/1944
Search made but not found.
Crew_
P/O (159.499) John Cecil Owen ALLEN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (658248) William Milne PATTERSON (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 96 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Nov-2009 12:19 NePa Added
27-Feb-2012 13:45 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Jul-2014 10:36 MiG17 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
11-Aug-2015 06:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
25-Mar-2019 20:42 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Sep-2021 16:20 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Nov-2021 22:06 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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