Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX /F-8 KB326,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104773
 
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Date:Saturday 27 November 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX /F-8
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration: KB326
MSN: 43-34929
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Wideawake Field, Ascension Island -   St. Helena
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Calling airfield, Natal, Brazil
Destination airport:RAF Wideawake Fld, Ascension
Narrative:
Mosquito KB326: (USAAF 43-34929) Eighth Air Force:
Crashed during ferry flight landing at RAF Wideawake Field, Ascension Island 27/11/1943.
Crew:
Maj. (O-371838) Harry Taylor EIDSON (pilot) USAAF - Ok
???? (nav.) USAAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18683

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Sep-2011 13:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total occupants]
09-Oct-2012 14:11 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Country]
14-Oct-2012 13:02 Nepa Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
19-Dec-2012 10:21 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport]
27-Aug-2014 19:12 Boile A. Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
25-Mar-2015 14:48 Unites Updated [Location]
03-Apr-2015 06:23 Shuntt Updated [Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2015 09:09 Jixn Updated [Narrative]
03-Aug-2015 14:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
03-Jan-2016 17:54 Jimi Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
27-Aug-2018 17:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Oct-2018 07:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 16:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
29-Oct-2021 16:37 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Oct-2021 23:10 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Dec-2021 15:47 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
05-Jan-2022 08:07 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
12-Jan-2022 17:27 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
28-Sep-2023 21:07 Nepa Updated [[Location, Narrative, Operator]]
29-Sep-2023 10:52 Nepa Updated [[[Location, Narrative, Operator]]]
29-Sep-2023 11:27 Ron Averes Updated [[[[Location, Narrative, Operator]]]]
02-Oct-2023 09:15 Nepa Updated [[[[[Location, Narrative, Operator]]]]]

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