Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II W4093,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70732
 
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Date:Wednesday 23 December 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:157 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4093
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:field Bumpstead near RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Castle Camps
Narrative:
Mosquito W4093: Took off for Test flight. 23/12/1942
Engine out on air test crashlanded in field near base.
Crew:
F/O (104.450) Edward Gerald Lionel MENKES (belg. pilot) RAFVR - Ok
P/O (129.443) Malcolin Barry HULL (obs) RAFVR - injured.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Dec-2009 23:01 NePa Added
06-Feb-2012 04:03 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 09:53 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
13-Aug-2014 14:10 Fort Knox Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Dec-2014 21:32 Siczak Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
20-Dec-2014 10:32 Koumes Updated [Narrative]
20-Dec-2014 11:25 MiG21 Updated [Narrative]
20-Dec-2014 12:02 Don Diego Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 10:38 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
06-Apr-2016 10:05 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Dec-2018 20:04 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
01-May-2019 09:06 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
11-Oct-2021 10:41 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Jul-2022 13:44 Nepa Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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