Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII MM496,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73126
 
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Date:Saturday 12 August 1944
Time:00:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII
Owner/operator:604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAF
Registration: MM496
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Advanced Landing Ground A.8 Picauville, Normandy. -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:A.8 Picauville, Normandy
Destination airport:A.8 Picauville
Narrative:
Mosquito MM496: Took off at 21:55 hrs for Patrol. 11/08/1944
Hit Mosquito HK516 (264Sqdn) on night landing at A.8 Picauville. 12/08/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (123.201) Reginald Arthur MILLER (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
W/O (658202) Peter CATCHPOLE (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 604 Sqdn RAF
3.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Feb-2010 06:33 NePa Added
24-Nov-2011 07:05 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-Jan-2012 14:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
20-Nov-2012 10:50 Jean Vervalle Updated [Time, Narrative]
24-Mar-2014 15:51 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
03-Jul-2014 15:08 Route Updated [Narrative]
29-Dec-2014 18:49 Oezil 007 Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
23-Aug-2015 11:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
04-Feb-2016 09:39 Next Updated [Location]
10-May-2019 16:32 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
02-Oct-2021 20:22 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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