Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ490,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71575
 
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Date:Friday 28 January 1944
Time:14:39
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ490
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:RAF Wyton
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ490: Took off for air test. 28/01/1944
Crashed on landing in RAF Wyton at 14:39hrs.
Crew:
F/O (119075) Walter THOMAS DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2010 10:36 NePa Added
15-Nov-2011 08:17 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Feb-2012 12:38 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
06-Mar-2012 10:24 Nepa Updated [Operator]
18-Jul-2014 14:41 Giggs Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
05-Aug-2015 07:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location]
19-Sep-2015 16:36 Ing Edcker Updated [Source, Narrative]
29-Mar-2019 22:31 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Oct-2021 21:45 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-May-2022 06:07 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
29-Jul-2022 10:17 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2022 22:18 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:42 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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