Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD783,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70872
 
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Date:Tuesday 11 April 1944
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:169 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD783
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 mile east of RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD783: Took off at 15:00 hrs for Night Flying Test (NFT) 11/04/1944
Spun into ground mile east of RAF Little Snoring and burst into flames.
Crew:
F/O (123837) Herbert Ingram STEPHEN (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:994792 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
F/O (123289) Albert Edwin CLIFTON (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1269225 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Dec-2009 14:14 NePa Added
24-Feb-2012 12:48 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Feb-2012 12:49 Nepa Updated [Source]
01-May-2014 18:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Jul-2014 12:18 Jixn Updated [Location, Narrative]
09-Aug-2015 21:36 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
22-Apr-2019 18:13 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
03-Feb-2022 17:20 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:11 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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