Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II DZ232, Sunday 21 February 1943
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Date:Sunday 21 February 1943
Time:22:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ232
MSN: YP-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Luqa -   Malta
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Luqa, Malta
Destination airport:RAF Luqa
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ232: Takeoff at 19:05 hrs for ground attacks. 21/02/1943
During return an overshot landing and crashed at 22:25hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (89059) John Stephen More BARKEL DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (116.963) Geoffrey Charles CAVE (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19401949


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jan-2010 10:38 NePa Added
05-Jan-2010 12:07 NePa Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ]
06-Jan-2011 15:01 ThW Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
07-Jan-2011 05:12 ThW Updated [Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2011 12:20 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
18-May-2014 12:12 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-May-2014 12:31 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
18-May-2014 19:38 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Aug-2014 10:25 Fort Knox Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
14-Oct-2014 09:55 Yety Updated [Total fatalities, Damage, ]
03-Nov-2014 14:04 R.Giggs Updated [Time, Narrative, ]
03-Nov-2014 21:12 Dandy Updated [Narrative, ]
19-May-2015 09:29 Jixn Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
22-Jul-2015 14:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, ]
23-Jan-2016 21:35 Xindel XXL Updated [Time, Cn, Destination airport, ]
11-Dec-2018 15:11 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
05-Sep-2021 10:51 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
13-Jan-2022 17:38 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]

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