Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX MM637,
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Date:Sunday 6 May 1945
Time:15:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
Owner/operator:169 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM637
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:at Dyke Road, Hove, Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM637: Took off at 14:25 hrs on exercise low level navex. 06/05/1945
Flow into to high ground in cloud near Hove, Sussex at 15:40 hrs.
Crew:
F/Sgt (924670) Douglas Percy WILLIAMS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1623310) Kenneth RHODEN (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 169 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Mar-2014 10:52 Nepa Added
29-Sep-2014 17:22 Digger Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Nov-2014 18:07 Boile A. Updated [Nature, Narrative]
17-Aug-2015 14:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
22-May-2019 18:42 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 15:48 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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