Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI A52-509,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82988
 
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Date:Friday 28 September 1945
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:1 Sqn RAAF
Registration: A52-509
MSN: (ex.HR310)
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAAF stn Labaun, Labaun Island, North Borneo -   Indonesia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAAF Labaun Airstrip
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito A52-509 (ex.HR310): Swung and crashed on take-off on non-operational training flight. 28/09/1945
Crashed A1 side of RAAF Labaun. Converted to components.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.405748) Frederick Robert LETHBRIDGE (pilot) - Ok
W/O (Aus.6017) John Malcolm PERKINS (pass.) RAAF - Ok

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2010 07:24 Nepa Added
28-Jan-2012 13:49 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2012 14:47 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Sep-2015 20:29 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
22-Sep-2015 18:00 INV Updated [Location, Departure airport]
24-Oct-2015 12:30 Iwosh Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2015 11:37 Iwosh Updated [Narrative]
01-Nov-2015 14:43 INV Updated [Narrative]
27-Oct-2019 20:18 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2021 16:45 Anon. Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 10:29 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
20-Jun-2021 09:58 TB Updated [Location, Operator]
07-Jun-2022 17:37 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jun-2022 07:51 Ron Averes Updated [Country]
23-Jun-2023 21:16 Nepa Updated [[Country]]

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