Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II HJ930,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72389
 
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Date:Friday 19 March 1943
Time:00:10
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:410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF
Registration: HJ930
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 mile north-east of RAF stn Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Coleby Grange
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ930: Took off at 23:20 hrs. for operational patrol and a searchlights exercise.18/03/1943
Dived into ground 1 mile NE of RAF Coleby Grange. Presumed pilot dazzled by searchlight.
Crash on return at 00:10 hrs.19/03/1943.
Crew:
F/Sgt (R/90510) Benjamin Merwin HAIGHT (pilot) RCAF) - killed
Sgt (1324316 ) Oswald Sidwell MILBURN (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.bcar.org.uk/1943.html
3.ORB 410 Sqn RCAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Feb-2010 01:20 NePa Added
14-Oct-2011 10:23 Nepa Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 08:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
18-Jun-2014 13:50 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Jul-2015 18:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
07-Dec-2015 13:58 Jimi Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Dec-2015 19:30 Faun Updated [Time, Narrative]
28-Mar-2016 20:14 INV Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2019 19:05 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
26-Apr-2019 06:18 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
11-Dec-2021 16:00 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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