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| Date: | Monday 6 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 1.Tayyare Alay K.liği Türk Hava Kuvvetleri. |
| Registration: | ???? |
| MSN: | (ex.???) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near EskiÅŸehir airfield -
 Türkiye
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | EskiÅŸehir airfield |
Mosquito ???: Took off for a training flight. 06/06/1949
Two Mosquitoes collided near EskiÅŸehir Air Base and both crashed.
Crew:
Ütğm (1944-54) Burhanettin ÜNSAL (pilot) THK – killed
Astsb. CvÅŸ. (1949-3469) Abdullah TAÅžDELEN (nav.) THK - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtÂ
2.http://www.tayyareci.com/hvsehitleri/cilt2-1948-65/1948-1949/032.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 June 1948 | ???? | 4th Sqn ROCAF | 1 | Wuhan, Hubei Province |  |
w/o |
| 21 September 1948 | ???? | 3.Tayyare Alayi K.liği Türk Hava Kuvvetleri. | 1 | Izmir airfield | |
w/o |
| 16 January 1950 | 447 | ROC Air Force - 1st Aviation Group | 0 | Haikou, Hainan Province | |
w/o |
| 31 October 1956 | 2171 | Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) | 0 | ???? |  |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2014 15:51 | TB | Added |
| 17-Dec-2014 13:21 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 26-Jul-2015 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 13:57 | Koumes | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2016 19:05 | Kraus | Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2016 19:05 | Kraus | Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Mar-2016 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2016 13:20 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2017 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2017 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
| 12-Sep-2018 19:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Sep-2018 05:32 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 26-Dec-2018 20:01 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2019 21:21 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 09-Mar-2019 21:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 02-May-2019 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 11-Sep-2021 22:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Aug-2023 10:54 | Nepa | Updated |
| 11-Feb-2024 19:47 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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