Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR272,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143768
 
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Date:Sunday 2 January 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAF
Registration: LR272
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ellisfield, 4 miles of RAF stn Lasham, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lasham, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR272: Took off at 14:00 hrs for operation NOBALL. 02/01/1944
Engine cut on take-off from RAF Lasham hit trees in forced landing at Ellisfield, near Basingstoke.
Crew:
F/O (124.511) Tom William KEMPIN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1444356) Dennis Ernest RUSSELL (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 613 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2012 12:41 Nepa Added
11-Aug-2013 18:28 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Aug-2013 14:36 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
04-Jun-2014 16:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
12-Aug-2014 17:29 Jixon Updated [Location]
04-Aug-2015 15:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
24-Mar-2019 21:00 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Feb-2022 14:59 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Feb-2022 12:58 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]

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