Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI PF593,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159766
 
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Date:Wednesday 14 July 1948
Time:02:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:109 Sqn RAF
Registration: PF593
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito PF593: Took off for training navigation flight/navex exercise. 13/07/1948.
The aircraft was operating at night in adverse weather conditions, and the crew had already attempted and abandoned three approaches to base (RAF Coningsby), following by diversion (to RAF Waddington) and a 15-minute delay while the runway at Waddington was cleared.
During this time, the starboard engine stopped due to fuel starvation, and, anticipating that the port engine was just about to fail, for the same reason, the crew bailed out at 02:30 hrs on 14/07/1948.
Crew:
P.III (????) J.N. LEE (pilot) RAF: bailed out/OK
F/Lt (151274) Denis Arthur ANDREWS (nav.) RAF: bailed out/injured in a "hard" landing,

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 109 Sqdn RAF National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2449/1:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421164
4. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
6. https://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1948
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Lincolnshire.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._109_Squadron_RAF#History
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coningsby#Post_war

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2013 21:33 JINX Added
30-Sep-2013 10:34 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source]
07-Jun-2014 12:05 Nepa Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2014 12:11 Nick Slaughter Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
15-Feb-2015 20:58 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Feb-2015 19:03 Mihul3 Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 10:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Sep-2018 16:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
17-Aug-2021 10:23 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Aug-2021 10:51 TB Updated [Narrative, Operator]
17-Aug-2021 11:26 TB Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2021 22:03 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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