Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI PZ245,
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Date:Friday 2 February 1945
Time:17:05
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:239 Sqn RAF
Registration: PZ245
MSN: HB-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:field Jordans Farm, Deeping St.Nicholas, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito PZ245/G: Took off for Air test. 02/02/1945
Bellylanded after engine trouble in Deeping St.Nicholas Lincs. at 17:05 hrs.
Crew:
P/O (188549) William George ARMOUR (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1562885 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 January, 1945)
P/O (63079) John Patrick FALCONER (nav.) RAF - Ok (NCO:990744 Commission Gazetted : Friday 23 May, 1941)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
3.ORB 239 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 April 1944 DZ722 239 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England min
30 November 1944 PZ246 239 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Aug-2010 01:40 NEPA Added
21-Mar-2011 06:06 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-May-2014 09:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-May-2014 09:09 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
20-Jul-2014 17:32 Froome Updated [Narrative]
23-Feb-2015 19:14 H.Shaft Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Jun-2015 18:48 Iwosh Updated [Cn, Source]
21-Jun-2015 18:50 Ing Edcker Updated [Time]
11-Sep-2015 08:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
06-Oct-2019 10:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Sep-2021 20:30 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-May-2022 19:38 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
16-Nov-2022 20:20 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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