Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX MM679,
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Date:Tuesday 25 July 1944
Time:04:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
Owner/operator:68 Sqn RAF
Registration: MM679
MSN: WM-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing - North Sea -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Castle Camps, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito MM679: Took off for Anti-Diver patrol. 25/07/1944
It was destroyed by an explosion V1. Missing.
Crew:
F/Lt (101.548) Frederick John KEMP (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (142.059) James Donald FARRAR (nav.) RAFVR - killed.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.History 68 Sqn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 November 1944 HK237 68 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
4 December 1944 HK348 68 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - North Sea w/o
21 February 1945 NT323 68 Sqn RAF 0 0,5 mile of RAF stn Wittering, Northamptonshire, England sub
4 March 1945 NT357 68 Sqn RAF 2 RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
10 March 1945 NT356 68 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England w/o
24 March 1945 NT477 68 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Mar-2008 12:16 Nepa Added
18-Mar-2008 14:53 JINX Updated
17-Feb-2010 06:05 NePa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Jul-2011 00:25 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2014 16:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Jun-2014 15:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
02-Oct-2014 09:01 Jixon Updated [Source]
13-Nov-2014 17:32 Glock G19 Updated [Location, Narrative]
21-Aug-2015 08:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
09-Feb-2019 19:17 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
07-Sep-2021 09:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Dec-2021 10:00 Nepa Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]

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