Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ238,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197242
 
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Date:Monday 14 September 1942
Time:03:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ238
MSN: YP-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex
Destination airport:RAF Bradwell Bay
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ238/W: Took off at 01:24 hrs for night intruder patrol to Twente. 14/09/1942
Returned early with engine and gyro trouble. Landing Ok at 03:10 hrs..
Crew:
S/Ldr (70717) Irvine Ewart CHALMERS-WATSON AFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (124.225) Frederick Dutton TOPPING (obs.) RAFVR - Ok






Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 March 1943 DD??? 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England non
10 May 1943 DZ235 23 Sqn RAF 0 Mediterranean Sea. min
27 June 1943 HJ738 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Luqa min
26 March 1944 LR249 23 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - Mediterranean Sea w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2017 16:16 Nepa Added
24-Sep-2021 20:13 Nepa Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
17-Oct-2021 10:54 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 17:50 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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