Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX KB208,
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Date:Thursday 31 May 1945
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
Owner/operator:16 OTU RAF
Registration: KB208
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Barford St John, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Barford St John, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Barford St John
Narrative:
Mosquito KB208: Took off for solo training flight. 31/05/1945
DBR in landing accident. Landed too high and broke it's undercarriage.,
Crew:
F/Lt (????) J.C. CRAWFORD (pilot) RAF?? - Ok.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1945.pdf (20/05/1945)?

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jan-2013 11:07 Nepa Added
22-Jul-2014 11:28 Scout Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Sep-2015 11:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
25-Oct-2019 14:54 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
31-Aug-2020 08:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Dec-2021 19:16 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Dec-2021 22:26 Nepa Updated [Source, Operator]

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