Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HP937,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73826
 
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Date:Tuesday 25 July 1944
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:308 MU RAF
Registration: HP937
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:9miles north-north-west of RAF stn Bamrauli, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Bamrauli
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HP937: Broke up in dive 9mile NNW of RAF Bamrauli. 25/07/1944 
Crew:
F/Lt (127.139) John Gordon BIDDELL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (135.146) Ronald Wilfred LLOYD (pilot) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/.../details.php?uniq=HP937
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Apr-2010 12:30 Nepa Added
28-Jun-2014 15:35 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
21-Aug-2015 09:29 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
03-Apr-2019 05:33 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-May-2019 16:59 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
07-Sep-2021 09:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 17:01 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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