Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR197,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80436
 
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Date:Monday 4 December 1944
Time:20:30
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:487 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: HR197
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hesselte, land Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HR197/T: Took off at 18:20 hrs for Night intruder mission. 04/12/1944
Missing. The plane crashed near Hesselte at 20:30 hrs. 04/12/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (76583) Frederick Henry HOLMES (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (154542) Peter Wilkie CHRISTOPHERSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Nov-2010 15:20 Nepa Added
10-Sep-2011 03:28 angels one five Updated [Date, Narrative]
13-Apr-2014 16:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jul-2014 16:30 Route Updated [Narrative]
23-Aug-2015 08:19 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]
06-May-2019 14:18 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
09-Dec-2021 17:36 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Nov-2023 18:49 Nepa Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator]

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