Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD731,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70853
 
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Date:Wednesday 20 January 1943
Time:21:55
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:85 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD731
MSN: VY-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Blackwater Estuary, Dengie Flats, near Bradwell, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex
Narrative:
Mosquito DD731/D: Took off at 19:45 hrs for operation patrol under by the control GCI Foulness. 20/01/1943
Aircraft out of control at flight low altitude over water and crashed on Dengie Flats Essex at 21:55 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (67599) Edward Anthony MOULD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (136.724) William FISHER (obs.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 85 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 October 1943 HK118 85 Sqn RAF 1 near Etaples. South of Boulogne. w/o
23 February 1944 HK??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn West Malling, Kent, England min
2 December 1944 MV??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England non
7 January 1945 MV??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Dec-2009 02:02 NePa Added
17-Jul-2011 23:37 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Oct-2013 20:15 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
09-Oct-2013 09:23 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jun-2014 15:01 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Oct-2014 13:49 Jixon Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Jun-2015 09:13 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Feb-2019 12:35 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 19:57 Nepa Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 21:33 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Jan-2022 18:06 Nepa Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Aug-2022 18:40 Nepa Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator]
26-Aug-2022 08:50 Nepa Updated [Source, Operator]

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