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| Date: | Thursday 29 May 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito TR Mk 33 |
| Owner/operator: | TFU RAF |
| Registration: | TW231 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Defford, Worcestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Defford, Worcestershire |
Mosquito TW231: Hit by taxiing Lancaster NX618 while parked at RAF Defford. 29/05/1947
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 50)
4. https://deffordairfieldheritagegroup.wordpress.com/aircraft-at-defford/aircraft-at-defford/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2014 19:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2015 06:19 | Zeeland | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jul-2015 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Apr-2018 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Apr-2018 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 07:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 20-Nov-2019 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 26-Nov-2019 00:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2019 22:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 19-Feb-2020 21:30 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jul-2021 08:42 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 15-Sep-2021 21:44 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
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