Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 NT498,
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Date:Wednesday 21 March 1945
Time:03:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:406 (Lynx) Sqn RCAF
Registration: NT498
MSN: HU-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:RAF stn Manston, Kent, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Manston, Kent
Destination airport:RAF Manston
Narrative:
Mosquito NT498/P: Took off at 02:10 hrs for Night intruder mission. 21/03/1945
Returned early to base with A.I. u/s. Landing at 03:45 hrs. 
Crew: 
P/O (J/88870) Donald MacDONALD DFC (pilot) RCAF - Ok 
W/O (R/135095) S.T. DRURY (nav.) RCAF - Ok

Sources:

http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 406 Sqdn RCAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 March 1945 MM699 406 (Lynx) Sqn RCAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England. min
8 March 1945 MM699 406 (Lynx) Sqn RCAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England. min
16 March 1945 MM699 406 (Lynx) Sqn RCAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2015 14:54 Nepa Added
28-Dec-2015 22:12 Thomas Fuk Updated [Narrative]
09-Oct-2019 19:10 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
31-May-2022 21:20 Nepa Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator]

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