Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ727,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72776
 
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Date:Wednesday 21 July 1943
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:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: HJ727
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - Mediterranean Sea -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Luqa, Malta
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ727: Took off at 23:05 hrs. for Night sortie mission to Rome. 21/07/1943 Missing.
Crew:
S/Ldr (70597) Kendrick Herbert SALUSBURY HUGHES DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1442849) Colin Edward CLARK (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2010 12:20 NePa Added
25-Feb-2012 12:48 Nepa Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Aug-2014 13:45 SIS07 Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
14-Oct-2014 07:23 Dandy Updated [Location]
15-Nov-2014 14:15 Erectus Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Nov-2014 14:51 Faun Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 18:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
30-Jan-2019 20:00 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
04-Sep-2021 09:04 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Oct-2021 20:29 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jan-2022 11:06 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
18-Apr-2022 04:09 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Damage]
25-Apr-2022 20:08 Nepa Updated [Location, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jul-2022 18:22 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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