Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II W4099,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70765
 
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Date:Saturday 12 December 1942
Time:
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:157 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4099
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Radwinter, Essex, near RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito W4099: Took off for training flight /low flying exercise. 12/12/1942
A/c hit a tree on low training flying on an RAF Regiment Co-op exercise. Flew into ground at Radwinter Essex.
Crew:
S/Ldr (36225) Glyn ASHFIELD DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (124.916) Douglas David BEALE (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2009 12:49 NePa Added
29-Dec-2009 00:09 NePa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
06-Feb-2012 03:59 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jul-2014 12:58 K.Kraus Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
19-Dec-2014 22:02 Siczak Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport]
22-Jul-2015 11:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Apr-2016 09:18 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Feb-2019 12:25 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
11-Oct-2021 10:40 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Jun-2022 18:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
25-Jul-2022 09:32 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
16-Sep-2022 20:56 Nepa Updated [Source, Operator]

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