Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI PF438,
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Date:Monday 26 March 1945
Time:23:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:571 Sqn RAF
Registration: PF438
MSN: 8K-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Oakington
Narrative:
Mosquito PF438/M: Took off at 18:59hrs for mission to Berlin. 26/03/1945
Collided with Mosquito RV315 on landing & DBR at 23:24 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (128849) Harold Hastley TATTERSALL DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok Mosquito "PF438" (NCO:1430612 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 November, 1942)
F/Lt (J/15959) Kenneth Charles Alfred SMITH DFC & bar (nav.) RCAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.ORB 571 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 June 1944 MM125 571 Sqn RAF 1 Klampduin, 4 km south-west of Bergen, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2013 08:32 JINX Added
30-Sep-2013 12:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants]
06-Mar-2014 19:00 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
07-Mar-2014 09:33 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
07-Jul-2014 19:57 MiG15 Updated [Location, Narrative]
10-Oct-2014 16:30 Thomas Fuk Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Sep-2015 20:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
13-Dec-2015 16:09 DB Updated [Aircraft type]
20-Jul-2016 09:31 Nepa Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
22-Aug-2019 17:32 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
14-Dec-2020 22:08 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator]
27-Oct-2021 15:34 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:41 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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