Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ763,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72513
 
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Date:Friday 17 March 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:107 Sqn RAF
Registration: HJ763
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Woodcott Range near Woodcott, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lasham, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ763: Took off for a cross-country exercise and bombing practice. 17/03/1944
Aircraft lost wing in dive attack on the target at Woodcott Range and crashed.
Crew:
F/Lt (120.419) David Mark CAMPBELL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (49027) Kevin Sean DODRILL (nav.) RAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2010 10:34 NePa Added
09-Feb-2012 14:01 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2012 13:42 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
08-Jun-2014 11:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
25-Aug-2014 15:09 King Updated [Location, Narrative]
08-Aug-2015 16:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
07-Sep-2018 05:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Apr-2019 13:18 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 19:05 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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