Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ258,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71075
 
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Date:Thursday 21 January 1943
Time:20:00
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:25 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ258
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ryther near RAF stn Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire
Destination airport:RAF Church Fenton
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ258: Took off at 18:00 hrs for operation patrol over by CHL Easington. 21/01/1943
The aircraft stalled on approaching to land and crashed at 20:00 hrs.
Undershot landing at RAF Church Fenton. Mosquito broke in two behind wings on impact.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1061915) Bernard TRAVERS (pilot) RAFR - Injured.
Sgt (1559968) Alexander Winter PATTERSON (nav.) RAFVR - Injured.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jan-2010 22:55 NePa Added
17-Jul-2011 23:37 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2012 14:51 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jun-2014 15:17 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
22-Sep-2014 15:45 weeks Updated [Location, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Nov-2016 17:27 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Sep-2021 17:05 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 21:48 Nepa Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator]

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