Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II W4095,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70729
 
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1942
Time:
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:151 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4095
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles east of RAF stn Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito W4095: Took off at 14:30 hrs for Night Flying Test (NFT). 24/09/1942
Broke up in dive on air test 2miles east of RAF Polebrook.
Crew:
P/O (118.091) George FISHER (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (656464) Edward George GODFREY (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Dec-2009 23:00 NePa Added
29-Dec-2009 00:31 NePa Updated [Narrative]
05-Feb-2012 14:03 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 10:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Sep-2014 05:09 wilbur Updated [Location]
22-Jul-2015 10:43 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Apr-2016 10:17 Nepa Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
07-Sep-2018 08:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 20:15 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Aug-2022 09:11 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Aug-2022 06:40 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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