Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HX861,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72475
 
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Date:Tuesday 28 December 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:60 OTU RAF
Registration: HX861
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Colin St.Dennis, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF High Ercall, Shropshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HX861: Took off for training flight. 28/12/1943.
Dived into ground at high speed at St Dennis killing both crew members.
Crew:
F/Lt (65590) John Francis SCHOLES (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (J/9287) John Joseph MARCUS (nav.) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Feb-2010 11:00 NePa Added
11-Nov-2011 10:34 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2012 08:05 Nepa Updated [Departure airport]
17-Oct-2013 10:49 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
02-Jun-2014 09:37 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
31-Aug-2014 13:38 INV Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Aug-2015 19:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Feb-2019 20:19 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
17-Sep-2021 21:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Sep-2021 21:33 Nepa Updated [Operator]
07-May-2022 12:22 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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