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| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DZ246 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Acklington, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
| RAF Acklington |
Mosquito DZ246: Took off for training flight. 26/01/1943.
Mosquito overshot when night landing, narrowly missed the control tower and crashed into a “B”Flight dispersal hut. The aircraft was wrecked but the only injury was cuts and bruises received by a startled occupant of the hut. The accident was caused by iced windscreen.
Crew:
F/Sgt (R/90510) Benjamin Merwin HAIGHT (pilot) RCAF - Ok
Sgt (1324316) Oswald Sidwell MILBURN (obs) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 410 Sqn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2010 12:23 | NePa | Added |
| 07-Jan-2010 10:28 | NePa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2011 23:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jan-2012 08:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2014 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2014 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2014 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2014 10:41 | wilbur | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 14:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 07-Dec-2015 13:53 | Jimi | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Apr-2016 10:18 | Wilbur | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2019 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 13-Sep-2021 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 21:56 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 26-Aug-2022 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jul-2023 11:05 | Nepa | Updated |
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