ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165368
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| Date: | Friday 23 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS837 |
| MSN: | YH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Thorney Island, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
| RAF Thorney Island |
Mosquito NS837/C: Overshot landing and hit sea wall on return from patrol Thorney Island. 23/06/1944
Accident result of a faulty air speed indicator. Mosquito crashed. Navigator is rescued by his pilot but dies the next day due to his injuries.
Crew:
F/Lt (103.589) Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood BENN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (131.929) William Alec ROE (nav.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1945 | PZ314 | 21 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ophoven airfield, Opglabbeek, Limburg, 54 miles NE of Brussels |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2014 16:35 | Nepa | Added |
| 19-Jul-2014 16:16 | Zoom | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 12:35 | Zoom | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2014 14:01 | Lotos | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2015 18:46 | Victor III | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2015 14:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Mar-2019 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Sep-2021 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Sep-2021 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
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