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Date: | Thursday 31 July 1947 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | CSE RAF |
Registration: | PF552 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | RAF stn Shepherds Grove, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Shepherds Grove, Suffolk |
Narrative:Mosquito PF552: Took off for a training flight 31/07/1947
The pilot landed at RAF Shepherds Grove, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, too fast, and then failed to go around again, but did not close the throttles fully. The aircraft overshot the runway, and came to a halt in a field, where the port undercarriage collapsed.
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. ORB CSE RAF : AIR29/1911:
4.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101621 5. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
6. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.326
7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shepherds_Grove Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Aug-2013 19:21 |
JINX |
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30-Sep-2013 12:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
31-May-2014 13:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
21-Sep-2014 18:57 |
Earl |
Updated [Location] |
24-Oct-2014 15:27 |
Holschtein |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
01-Aug-2015 19:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
19-Sep-2019 17:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
20-Aug-2021 21:25 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
11-May-2023 20:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |