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| Date: | Saturday 20 September 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
| Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RL137 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rempstone, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wymeswold, Leicestershire |
Mosquito RL137: Took off for Airshow over Wymeswold. 20/09/1947
Crashed at Rempstone, Nottinghamshire during Battle of Britain Air display at RAF Wymeswold.
Both the aircrew survived and the aircraft was subsequently struck off charge on 07/10/1947
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. ORB 264 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2490/15
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2014 16:32 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-Mar-2014 21:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Nov-2014 13:19 | King T. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 31-Jul-2015 16:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2019 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 01-Dec-2019 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Jun-2021 09:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 03-Oct-2021 09:53 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 30-Aug-2022 19:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 09-May-2023 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 09-May-2023 20:36 | Nepa | Updated |
| 06-Dec-2023 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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