ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207860
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG488 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth |
| local |
AG488 was taxying out from a northern dispersal and across the runway in use when it was struck by AG403 that was in the process of taking off. Whereas AG403 was destroyed and its pilot killed, AG488 was badly damaged and the pilot, Pilot Officer P J Willmett, only injured.
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders were .....' (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) by Paul Doyle, pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing. ISBN 09525 624 05
2(AC) Sqn ORB
AIR81/14173
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2018 16:06 | paddy | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2018 11:51 | paddy | Updated [Time] |
| 13-Aug-2020 09:10 | Apen | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2020 09:30 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2020 20:00 | paddy | Updated [Time, Registration, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2021 15:56 | paddy | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
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