Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI RF711,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70179
 
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Date:Thursday 31 January 1946
Time:
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:211 Sqn RAF
Registration: RF711
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:field off RAF stn Don Muang, Bangkok, Siam. -   Thailand
Phase: Approach
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Don Muang, Siam
Destination airport:RAF Don Muang
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito RF711/A: Took off for Air Test Flight. 31/01/1946
Engine cut, lost height and crashlanded with both engines out in the circuit at RAF Don Muang. Pilot was making a one engined approach to RAF Don Muang Siam, Thailand when the other engine lost power while in the circuit and he made an emergency landing short of the airfield.
Crew:
W/O (1129733) ASHCROFT (pilot) RAFVR - minor injured
Cpl (????) EDWARDS (pass.) RAFVR - minor injured

Sources:

1.http://www.211squadron.org/de_havilland_mosquito.html#RF711
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 211 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Nov-2009 06:00 NePa Added
06-Feb-2012 07:46 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Aug-2014 13:27 Fort Knox Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Aug-2014 13:31 Fort Knox Updated [Location, Destination airport]
10-Sep-2015 12:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
19-Mar-2016 16:09 Fort Knox Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Feb-2019 19:38 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Jan-2022 23:23 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Jan-2022 23:46 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jan-2022 10:37 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jan-2022 10:46 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
31-Aug-2022 19:10 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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