Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII HK242,
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Date:Monday 17 July 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII
Owner/operator:68 Sqn RAF
Registration: HK242
MSN: WM-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Castle Camps
Narrative:
Mosquito HK242/D: Took off for Night Flying Test (NFT). 17/07/1944
Returned early and emergency landing when the left engine failed.
Crew:
F/O (133.945) Ladislav Václav BOBEK DFC (čs.pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (156.733) Bohuslav František Jaroslav KOVAŘÍK DFM (čs.nav.) RAFVR - Ok


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.History 68 Squadron RAF
3.ORB 68 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2016 15:23 Nepa Added
30-Sep-2021 19:27 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jan-2022 20:46 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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