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Date: | Monday 1 July 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 |
Owner/operator: | Trans-World Engineering Inc. |
Registration: | N9919F |
MSN: | ex.VR801 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Calabasas, California -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Burbank airfield, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito N9919F (ex.VR801) Richard E. Loomis/ Trans World Engineering Corp/Trans World Aero Surveys, Pasadena CA 17.5.55/57
(del. to USA, Hurn to Prestwick 6.6.55, camera gear installed at Oxnard CA 55, flew in allover blue scheme with yellow fuselage flash) crashed dest. by fire, Calabasas CA while on a test flight from Burbank. 01/07/1957
(Loomis convicted of insurance fraud for sabotaging the aircraft to claim the insured value) and this was confirmed on appeal, but the case for murder was not proven at the original trial and he was not convicted of this charge.
Crew:
Mr. James Keith GIBBS (pilot) killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/de-havilland.pdf
3.Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 2 July 1957, p14
4.https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2d/207/229.html
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TB |
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07-Feb-2019 21:14 |
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10-Apr-2019 11:36 |
paulmcmillan |
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30-Dec-2019 21:08 |
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23-Jan-2020 20:25 |
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26-Sep-2021 10:42 |
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18-Apr-2022 19:03 |
TB |
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