Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ658,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71758
 
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Date:Monday 25 January 1943
Time:20:40
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:456 Sqn RAAF
Registration: DZ658
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles short of RAF stn Valley's westerly runway, Anglesey, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Valley, Anglesey
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ658: Took off for a Training flight. 25/01/1943
Crashed on approach RAF Valley. Landed about 2 miles short of RAF Valley's westerly runway.
Went through the Railway Fence.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.407714) Roger Billingley HITCHCOCK ( pilot) RAAF - OK
F/O (Aus.411178) Leslie Rupert PARNELL (nav.) RAAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 456 Sqdn RAAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2010 21:27 NePa Added
26-Oct-2010 16:43 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative]
17-Jul-2011 23:37 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
17-Jun-2014 15:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Sep-2014 19:51 Comet123 Updated [Location, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
28-Jan-2016 13:11 J.Cryer Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
23-Feb-2016 17:16 Next Updated [Time]
02-Mar-2019 18:55 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Sep-2021 09:48 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Nov-2021 12:10 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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