Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ476,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71651
 
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Date:Saturday 1 April 1944
Time:17:50
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: DZ476
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Upwood
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ476: Crashed on take-off for Air test. 01/04/1944
Landed in a strong cross wind, the Mosquito veered from the runway and was wrecked.
Crew:
F/O (146872) Allan Samuel Charles BROWN (pilot) RAFVR: Ok (NCO:931399 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 August, 1943)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/139lossesin1944.htm
3.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
4.London Gazette
5.CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jan-2010 10:49 NePa Added
09-Feb-2012 14:25 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:25 Nepa Updated [Operator]
18-Jul-2014 14:32 Gloug Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Aug-2015 06:54 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
25-Apr-2019 20:51 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Oct-2021 21:55 Nepa Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-May-2022 06:07 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
05-Aug-2022 12:08 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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