Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ664,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17477
 
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Date:Sunday 14 February 1943
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:De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. of UK
Registration: HJ664
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:DH airfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ664: Took off for First production test flight. 14/02/1943
Crashed on test before delivery. ½hr after take-off, aircraft was seen executing slow rolls at 3,000ft. Seconds later it entered a spin from which it did not recover
Crew:
Mr. C.B. CRITCHLEY (Test pilot) De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. - killed.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/search.php?year1=1940&year2=1949

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Apr-2008 09:58 Nepa Added
19-May-2008 01:53 JINX 40 Updated
18-Jul-2011 02:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2013 13:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
21-Aug-2013 20:17 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2013 12:55 Nepa Updated [Operator]
17-Jun-2014 16:19 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
30-Aug-2014 16:59 Paix Updated [Location, Narrative]
14-Sep-2014 20:41 Jixon Updated [Location]
05-Jul-2015 15:39 Iwosh Updated [Location, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:36 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Feb-2016 14:33 JIXN Updated [Operator]
02-Mar-2019 18:45 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 10:15 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Jul-2022 18:40 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 11:08 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Operator]

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