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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE RAF |
| Registration: | HJ662 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
Mosquito HJ662: Tookoff for Test flight. 30/07/1942
Engine cut on take-off hit Beaufighters R2311 and R2057 RAF Boscombe Down.
Mosquito HJ662G (Prototype FB.Mk.VI.) F/Lt JARVIS:
Full load at that time was Tests 2xl000 lb bombs under wings Throttle problems (no Locking device)
starboard throttle slipped back to Zero and we swung into a pair of Beau fighters parked near runway consequently our Mossie was a Write Off and the Beaus were very damaged. F/Lt Jarvis and myself o.k.
Crew:
F/Lt (43472) John Arthur JARVIS DFC (test pilot) RAF – Ok
Sgt (1188456) Kenneth James MITCHELL (test oper.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a8491377.shtml
3.ORB AAEE RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2010 01:10 | NePa | Added |
| 21-Mar-2011 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Feb-2012 12:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2013 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2013 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jun-2014 14:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Apr-2018 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Aug-2018 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Aug-2018 07:37 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Sep-2018 07:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2019 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Oct-2021 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jul-2022 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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