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Date: | Thursday 20 January 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | VT608 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito VT608: Took off for Training flight 20/01/1949.
On return, the pilot attempted to initiate an overshoot from a normal approach, but left the flaps down fully in error. The aircraft would not accelerate away from the overshoot in this configuration. as a result, the pilot closed the throttles, and made a wheels up landing at RAF Moreton in Marsh.
Crew: ???? Ok.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.ORB Central Flying School RAF
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Flying_School
7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Moreton-in-Marsh
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-May-2014 16:16 |
Nepa |
Added |
29-Jul-2014 15:12 |
Holschtein |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
19-Mar-2015 17:05 |
yari |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location] |
28-Apr-2015 09:18 |
JEPA |
Updated [Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 06:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
28-May-2019 06:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
27-Aug-2021 16:48 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Aug-2023 08:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |