Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ493,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71607
 
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Date:Monday 17 May 1943
Time:
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:618 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ493
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Weybridge airport by Vickers-Armstrong (Aircraft) Ltd, Surrey, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Weybridge AP Vickers-Armstrong Ltd.
Destination airport:RAF Turnberry, Ayrshire
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ493: Tookoff for Ferry flight to RAF Turnberry. 17/05/1943
Swung on take off from Weybridge airport fy Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. and crashed.
Crew:
W/Cdr (39233) George Herbert Burgon HUTCHINSON DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (127458) Francis James FRENCH (nav.) RAFVR - OK

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 618 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jan-2010 03:27 NePa Added
01-Nov-2011 03:57 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-Jul-2014 19:38 Froome Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Jul-2014 09:08 Repac Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Jul-2014 11:39 Froome Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants]
26-Jul-2015 17:47 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
29-Jan-2019 17:28 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Feb-2022 11:55 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Feb-2022 23:15 Nepa Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 09:12 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 09:23 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
23-Jul-2023 21:39 Nepa Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]

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