ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70242
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| Date: | Monday 5 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 618 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ486 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cranstackie, 10 miles south-west of Durness Caithness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skitten, Caithness |
Mosquito DZ486: Took off for a Training flight /bombing practice. 05/04/1943
Flew into hill while on a bombing exercise.The aircraft is reported to have flown over Durness and Balnakeil before turning south and flying down the glen towards Cranstackie.
Crew :
F/O (124.814) Donald Louis PAVEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1220369) Bernard Walter STIMSON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/dh-mosquito_cranstackie.htm
3.http://www.the Peak District Air Accident Research
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ486 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2009 10:09 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Jan-2011 14:39 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2014 20:21 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 11-Jan-2016 20:10 | Giggs | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Mar-2019 08:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2019 06:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 02-Sep-2021 21:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:23 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 24-Feb-2022 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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