Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX /F-8 KB159,
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Date:Tuesday 11 April 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX /F-8
Owner/operator:302nd BU USAAF
Registration: KB159
MSN: 43-34953
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:USAAF Sta. Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:AAF ???
Destination airport:AAF Hunter Field, GA
Narrative:
Mosquito KB159 (USAAF 43-34953) Landing accident leading to ground loop. 11/04/1944
Crew:
Lt. (O.????) Charles J. PUZZO (pilot) USAAF - Ok
???? (nav.) USAAF - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Sep-2011 13:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Destination airport]
14-Oct-2012 13:37 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2013 13:05 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Aug-2014 19:03 Unitex Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
22-Sep-2014 08:40 Investig Updated [Location]
03-Apr-2015 07:52 King Updated [Narrative]
09-Aug-2015 20:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
10-Oct-2015 20:33 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport]
03-Jan-2016 18:49 Jimi Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
27-Aug-2018 17:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Oct-2018 07:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 16:38 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Operator]
29-Oct-2021 17:14 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Oct-2021 23:18 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Dec-2021 21:13 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Dec-2021 21:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator]
30-Sep-2023 17:21 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator]]

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