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| Date: | Friday 27 May 1949 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Danube River, Urfahrhof, Genderkingen, Bayern. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wahn (G) |
Mosquito NS898/H: Took off for daylight cross-country exercise /training flight. 27/05/1949
Stalled off turn and fell into Danube River Hochstadt Germany.
Crew:
PII (1817539) Benjamin Edward Aurelius MARCUIS (pilot) RAF - killed
NII (543669) Thomas STEVENSON (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Passauer Neue Presse 31 May 1949
3.ORB 11 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2014 17:34 | TB | Added |
| 27-Jan-2015 17:41 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2015 08:13 | DB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2015 08:50 | Zeeland | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-Jul-2015 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 11-Mar-2019 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-Aug-2021 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 27-Sep-2021 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 24-Oct-2021 21:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator, ] |
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