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| Date: | Friday 18 January 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RS638 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Advanced Landing Ground Y.99 Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh, NRW |
Mosquito RS638: Took off for test flight. 18/01/1946
Engine cut after take-off crashlanded Y.99 Gütersloh.
Crew:
F/Lt (116.430) Oswald "Charlie" CHAN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
LAC (1546520) Horace MAUDE (pass.) RAFVR - died on the 23.1.1946
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 4 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2014 20:40 | Nepa | Added |
| 30-May-2014 14:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 31-Jul-2014 15:12 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2014 20:48 | Xindel X | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-Oct-2014 15:35 | Siczak | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2015 19:17 | Siczak | Updated [Location, ] |
| 09-Aug-2015 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2016 21:53 | Next | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2017 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2019 19:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 12-Feb-2021 10:22 | JEPA | Updated [Location, Source, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jun-2021 10:06 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 31-Aug-2022 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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