Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR358,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143922
 
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Date:Thursday 11 May 1944
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:613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF
Registration: LR358
MSN: SY-O
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Creil, région Picardie. -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hartford Bridge, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR358/O: Took off at 22:40 hrs for Night Intruder mission to Creil airfield (Fr.) 10/05/1944
Missing. 11/05/1944
Crew:
F/L (J/11046) Gibson Arthur SMITH (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (154.033) George Alderson WILKINSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2012 04:17 Nepa Added
29-Jun-2014 13:37 MiG21 Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Nov-2014 12:13 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
13-Aug-2015 20:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
20-Dec-2018 20:10 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Apr-2019 18:35 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
06-Sep-2021 22:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Feb-2022 22:30 Nepa Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator]

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