Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ778,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190497
 
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Date:Tuesday 31 August 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:605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF
Registration: HJ778
MSN: UP-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Castle Camps
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ778/A: Took off at 20:25 hrs for mission to Berlin. 21/08/1945
Returned early when instruments u/s. Landing Ok.
Crew:
F/Lt (43974) Clive Edward KNOWLES DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (131.767) Alan Reginald EAGLING (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 605 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Oct-2016 13:09 Nepa Added
08-Oct-2016 19:33 Nepa Updated [Registration, Narrative]
03-Apr-2019 21:19 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
04-Jan-2022 21:33 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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