ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143748
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| Date: | Monday 5 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 51 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HX981 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
Mosquito HX981: Took off for Training Navigation Flight /Navex exercise. 05/02/1945
Aircraft entered cloud at 11 ,000 feet, pilot lost control, aircraft iced up and broke up coming out of cloud at 500 feet. Pilot was thrown out and chute opened, but navigator was killed. Crashed after entering cloud possibly after the pilot lost control due to icing during an electric storm and came down near Kings Lynn.
Crew:
???? (pilot) RAFVR?? - Ok
Sgt (1807314) James MacGillivray BURDON (Nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 51 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2012 13:16 | Nepa | Added |
| 14-Sep-2014 12:50 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2015 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Aug-2020 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2021 23:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-May-2022 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2022 09:00 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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