ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146549
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM639 |
| MSN: | RS-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington, Norfolk |
| RAF Swannington |
Mosquito MM639: Took off at 18:25 hrs for intruder mission over Germany. 07/10/1944
Turned back with port engine failure 20 miles west of Heligoland. Overshot runway during single-engined landing and Undercarriage collapsed on the runway in RAF Swannington at 21:10 hrs.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1323194) John Arthur LEIGH (pilot) RAFVR - Ok.
F/Sgt (1621055) Leonard Reginald Johnstone LUCAS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.swannington-norfolk.co.uk/index.
3.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1944 | TA446 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, England | |
non |
| 2 January 1945 | TA446 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swannington, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 16 January 1945 | TA446 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | Fritzlar, Schwalm-Eder district, Northern Hessen. |  |
min |
| 17 January 1945 | TA446 | 157 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Shipdham /AAF Sta.115, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2012 02:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Jul-2014 13:22 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 15:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 19-Oct-2015 18:16 | Rata | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2019 10:59 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2020 19:44 | Investig | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2021 10:21 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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