Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI G-AIRU ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175062
 
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Date:Saturday 17 July 1948
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:Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF)
Registration: G-AIRU
MSN: ex.NS811
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Campo dell'Oro Airport, Ajaccio, Corsica -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Nice airfield (F)
Destination airport:Ajaccio, Corsica
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito G-AIRU (ex.NS811) smuggled to Israel 05/07/1948 as D-160.
Mosquito D-160 damaged in crash at Ajaccio, Corsica. 17/07/1948.
Crew:???? OK

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18751

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 January 1957 2101 103.tajeset „Ha´Piel Ha´Meofeef“ IDF/IAF 0 IDF/IAF Tel Nof Air Base w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Apr-2015 14:40 Thomas Fuk Added
31-Jul-2015 11:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
06-May-2018 10:38 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
18-May-2019 05:30 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
07-Mar-2020 15:23 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
02-Oct-2021 21:03 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Mar-2022 19:20 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Jul-2023 11:21 Nepa Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
20-Oct-2023 16:13 Nepa Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]]

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