De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF.17 & 19

With the introduction of the De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF.30 night-fighter in squadron service the need arose to have some instructional airframes to train ground personnel at the Technical School at Tongeren. For this purpose a Mosquito NF.17 and NF.19 were acquired from RAF stocks.

-- HK327/6343M NF. Mk.17

• 300547: Bought by Belgian Government
• 090747: Transferred (47MU, RAF).
• 151047: London Docks (GB).
• 190147: Arrived at Antwerpen aboard SS Springcragl
• 000047: Transported to Tongeren (temporarily Technical School) to be used as an instructional airframe

Rudy Binnemans Coll.

-- MM631/6157M NF. Mk.19

• 181046: Transferred (38MU, RAF).
• 000047: TOC at Brustem
• 290747: Transported to Tongeren (temporarily Technical School) to be used as instructional airframe.

Rudy Binnemans Coll.

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