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Date: | 15-JAN-1951 |
Time: | 13:10 |
Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR.Mk 34 |
Owner/operator: | 58 Squadron Royal Air Force (58 Sqn RAF) |
Registration: | RG183 |
C/n / msn: | OT-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England. -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (EGUB) |
Destination airport: | RAF Benson, (EGUB) |
Narrative:Mosquito RG183 : The aircraft flew into trees on an asymmetric approach to RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. The pilot survived the crash, but the navigator was killed. 15.1.1951
Crew:
F/Lt (146.753) Nicky VARANAND (pilot) RAF - survived OK
F/Lt (167.726) John Edwin HERRIDGE (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.107
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 5. 58 Sqn RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F,540) for January 1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2622/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439723 6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_
7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._58_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_operations 8.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37870/supplement/601/data.pdf
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2014 15:06 |
Nepa |
Added |
29-Jul-2014 14:16 |
Gerrard |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
24-Jul-2015 20:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
02-Oct-2015 07:42 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Oct-2015 08:05 |
INV |
Updated [Time] |
15-Sep-2019 19:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
08-Jan-2021 15:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jan-2021 18:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |