Date:	Monday 5 April 1943
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	618 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ486
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Cranstackie, 10 miles south-west of Durness Caithness, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Skitten, Caithness
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ486: Took off for a Training flight /bombing practice. 05/04/1943
Flew into hill while on a bombing exercise.The aircraft is reported to have flown over Durness and Balnakeil before turning south and flying down the glen towards Cranstackie.
Crew :
F/O (124.814) Donald Louis PAVEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1220369) Bernard Walter STIMSON (obs) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/dh-mosquito_cranstackie.htm
3.http://www.the Peak District Air Accident Research

Mosquito Production list showing DZ486 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Dec-2009 10:09	NePa	Added
24-Jan-2011 14:39	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
10-Jul-2014 20:21	Froome	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Jul-2015 08:11	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
11-Jan-2016 20:10	Giggs	Updated [Source, ]
14-Mar-2019 08:14	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
26-Apr-2019 06:20	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
24-Aug-2021 19:50	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ]
02-Sep-2021 21:27	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
16-Feb-2022 20:23	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ]
24-Feb-2022 09:33	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]