Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS656,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152635
 
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Date:Friday 13 October 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:60 Sqn SAAF
Registration: NS656
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Siebenkögerl, about 8,5 km north of Passail in Styria -   Austria
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Severo airfield (I)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito NS656: Took off for Photo Recco mission over central Czechoslovakia. 13/10/1944
The visit list for Mosquito NS656 on 13 Oct 1944 looks like this - P/C/a/3398. Něm.Brod.A/D.- Chrudim A/D.- Skuteč. A/D - P/C/a/3390 - P/C/a/3397.- Leignitz A/D. Leignitz/Schanfeld A/D.- Aslau. A/D. Missing.
Crashed at Siebenkögerl, about 8,5 km north of Passail in Styria, Austria,
Crew:
Lt. (206489V) Daniel Hector SHELDON (pilot) SAAF - killed
F/O (152975) Peter Arthur Kynaston SNELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/45116-mosquito-ns656-60-sqdn-saaf-lt-sheldon-po-snell-lost-13-oct-1944/
3.ORB 60 Sqn SAAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jan-2013 23:54 Nepa Added
16-Apr-2014 16:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Aug-2015 18:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
09-Dec-2015 14:46 Jimi Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jan-2019 16:15 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
22-Nov-2021 21:49 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Apr-2024 21:58 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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