Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII HK248,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72811
 
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Date:Tuesday 19 December 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII
Owner/operator:456 Sqn RAAF
Registration: HK248
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Manston, Kent
Destination airport:RAF Manston
Narrative:
Mosquito HK248: Took off for test flight. 19/12/1944
Swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed RAF Manston.
Crew:
W/O (Aus.422694) Jack PORTER (pilot) RAAF - Ok
Sgt (655672) C.R. GUEST (nav.) RAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 456 Sqn RAF nenalezen

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Feb-2010 07:09 NePa Added
27-Jul-2011 08:28 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2012 10:28 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Jul-2014 13:22 Shout Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
08-Sep-2015 20:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Oct-2015 12:27 Iwosh Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
03-Oct-2015 13:35 Shout Updated [Narrative]
08-May-2019 15:07 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2021 10:39 Nepa Updated [Date, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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