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| Date: | Monday 16 January 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito |
| Owner/operator: | ROC Air Force - 1st Aviation Group |
| Registration: | 447 |
| MSN: | (ex.???) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haikou, Hainan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ROCAF Haikou, China |
Scrambled from Mengzi Airfield at night during Chinese communist assault. During the takeoff roll, the plane's undercarriage hit a truck parked next to the runway.
Subsequently, the Mosquito crash-landed at Haikou.
Sources:
1.https://www.163.com/dy/article/FOJ11BQ405159NLJ.html
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
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 |
| 6 June 1949 | ???? | 1.Tayyare Alay K.liği Türk Hava Kuvvetleri. | 2 | near Eskişehir airfield | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1949 | ???? | 1.Tayyare Alay K.liği Türk Hava Kuvvetleri. | 2 | near Eskişehir airfield | |
w/o |
| 31 October 1956 | 2171 | Israeli Defense Air Force (IDF/IAF) | 0 | ???? |  |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2023 05:48 | RDV | Added |
| 16-Jun-2023 10:14 | Nepa | Updated |
| 06-Apr-2025 05:22 | RDV | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2025 05:24 | RDV | Updated [Operator, ] |
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