Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DD797,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70923
 
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Date:Thursday 26 November 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:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DD797
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:West Mersea, 3.2 miles of RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DD797: Took off for local training flight. 26/11/1942
Crashed after take-off at West Mersea Island Essex.
Crew:
Sgt (R/95991) Duncan Stuart HUTT (pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (1317574) Gurwyn Malcolm CRIDGE (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.https://no23squadron.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/26-november-1942-redux/
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2010 04:52 NePa Added
05-Feb-2012 14:44 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2014 20:11 mpierrela Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2014 06:44 mpierrela Updated [Source]
16-Jun-2014 11:02 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Aug-2014 17:11 Froome Updated [Location, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 11:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
12-Apr-2016 15:04 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
20-Oct-2018 08:43 Nepa Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
17-Oct-2021 15:01 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-Jul-2022 16:45 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
03-Oct-2023 18:33 Nepa Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]

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