Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HJ678,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72528
 
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Date:Sunday 20 June 1943
Time:01:30
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:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: HJ678
MSN: YP-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Luqa -   Malta
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Luqa, Malta
Destination airport:RAF Luqa
Narrative:
Mosquito HJ678/C: Took off at 21:00 hrs for Night mission to west Italy. 19/06/1943
Engine damaged AA gun fire. Return on one motor. Landing at 01:30 hrs. 20/06/1943
Crew:
F/Lt (63110) Arthur Charles Sydney INNES (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (130.845) John Maden LORD (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 December 1942 DZ229 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Portreath, Cornwall, England min
8 July 1943 HJ678 23 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - Mediterranean Sea w/o
16 January 1945 RS507 23 Sqn RAF 1 Beckedorf, Südheide, Niedersachsen. w/o
25 May 1948 RK974 23 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Coltishall, Norwich, Norfolk, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2010 11:36 NePa Added
25-Feb-2012 12:29 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
20-May-2014 07:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Oct-2014 07:25 Anthony G. Updated [Location, Country, Narrative]
15-Nov-2014 14:49 Holschtein Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
15-Nov-2014 16:19 Zoom M. Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
27-May-2015 16:32 Anthony G. Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
27-Jul-2015 18:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
23-Jan-2019 19:33 Nepa Updated [Location, Country, Narrative, Operator]
25-Sep-2021 10:27 Nepa Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Sep-2021 16:37 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Jul-2022 09:28 Nepa Updated [Date, Time, Phase, Narrative, Operator]

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