Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk I W4058,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70522
 
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Date:Saturday 17 October 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk I
Owner/operator:1 PRU RAF
Registration: W4058
MSN: (c/n 98009)
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Oslo. -   Norway
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito W4058: Took off at 09:30 hrs for PR mission over Oslo Norway. 17/10/1942
Missing. The aircraft failed to return.
Crew:
F/Lt (44660) Donald HIGSON (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (132.171) John Douglas HAYES (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 1 PRU RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 June 1942 W4058 1 PRU RAF 0 RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England. min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2009 23:18 NePa Added
02-Apr-2011 14:59 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ]
16-Jun-2014 11:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 11:31 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Apr-2016 11:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2018 20:00 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
03-Apr-2019 18:18 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 20:52 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 21:09 Nepa Updated [Operator]
28-Dec-2021 16:07 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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