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| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. of UK |
| Registration: | HJ664 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | DH airfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito HJ664: Took off for First production test flight. 14/02/1943
Crashed on test before delivery. ½hr after take-off, aircraft was seen executing slow rolls at 3,000ft. Seconds later it entered a spin from which it did not recover
Crew:
Mr. C.B. CRITCHLEY (Test pilot) De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. - killed.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/search.php?year1=1940&year2=1949
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2008 09:58 | Nepa | Added |
| 19-May-2008 01:53 | JINX 40 | Updated |
| 18-Jul-2011 02:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2013 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Aug-2013 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 12:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 17-Jun-2014 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2014 16:59 | Paix | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Sep-2014 20:41 | Jixon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Jul-2015 15:39 | Iwosh | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 23-Feb-2016 14:33 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Mar-2019 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:15 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Jul-2022 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jul-2022 11:08 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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