Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 MM752,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104787
 
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Date:Monday 9 April 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:416th (NF) Sqn USAAF
Registration: MM752
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles east of Pontedera airfield, province of Pisa -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pontedera airfield (Italy)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM752: Crash-landing engine failure. Damage Cat.4. 09/04/1945
Crew:
1/Lt. (O-????) Richard L. HOOVER (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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Mar-2011 02:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location]
29-Sep-2011 10:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Oct-2011 06:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative]
19-Feb-2012 15:04 Nepa Updated [Operator]
14-Jan-2013 00:21 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
28-Aug-2014 08:28 Quentin Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
28-Aug-2014 08:34 Quentin Updated [Location, Departure airport]
28-Aug-2014 08:35 Quentin Updated [Location]
04-Mar-2015 21:16 Depak Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Apr-2015 18:17 JEPA Updated [Location, Departure airport]
07-Apr-2015 18:19 JEPA Updated [Location, Departure airport]
22-Sep-2015 13:26 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
07-Mar-2016 15:50 Quentin Updated [Narrative]
01-May-2019 19:31 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
18-Oct-2019 18:26 Anon. Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jan-2021 20:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]
30-Oct-2021 21:25 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Dec-2023 13:21 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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