Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ759,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71716
 
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Date:Thursday 21 October 1943
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:25 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ759
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Bempton, Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire
Destination airport:RAF Bempton, Yorkshire
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ759:: Took off for Training flight /Air to Sea firing. 21/10/1943
Crashed in forced landing RAF Bempston Yorks.
Crew:
W/Cdr (72005) Cathcart Michael WIGHT-BOYCOTT DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/Lt (106175) Evatt Anthony SANDERS DFC (obs.) RAFVR - Ok


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2010 05:32 NePa Added
06-Nov-2011 12:56 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Jun-2014 09:09 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Aug-2014 12:29 Next Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport]
03-Aug-2015 11:43 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-May-2016 15:09 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2018 09:12 Nepa Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
03-Jan-2019 15:24 Anon. Updated [Location, Destination airport]
10-Feb-2022 19:12 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-Jul-2023 09:57 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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