Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR296,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83333
 
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Date:Sunday 22 April 1945
Time:23:40
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:107 Sqn RAF
Registration: HR296
MSN: OM-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:A.75 Cambrai/ Epinoy (F)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HR296/G: Took off at 21:37 hrs for a Night Intruder mission over NW Germany 22/04/1945
Missing. Crashed at 23:40 hrs. 22/04/1945
Crew:
F/Lt (63446) Leslie WHITESIDE (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (55648) Bassett William SMITH (nav.) RAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Dec-2010 14:36 Nepa Added
29-Jan-2012 03:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2014 12:10 MiG29 Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 20:25 Comet123 Updated [Location]
16-Aug-2015 12:15 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Sep-2018 05:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
14-Feb-2019 18:54 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
03-Nov-2021 19:06 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-Feb-2022 13:20 Nepa Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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