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Date: | Tuesday 23 August 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 |
Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PF671 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Preston Crowmarsh, 1mile west of RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Benson, (EGUB) |
Narrative:Mosquito PF671: Written off when crashed at Preston Crowmarsh, 1 mile west of RAF Benson. 23/08/1949
The port engine was running roughly due to an oil leak, and there was smoke in the cockpit. The pilot returned to base at RAF Benson for an emergency asymmetric (single engine) landing, but lost significant amounts of altitude while in the circuit for final approach. The pilot then made a badly judged final turn to align the aircraft with the runway heading at RAF Benson. The pilot then banked the aircraft vertically in an attempt to line with the runway, but the Mosquito stalled and dived into the ground.
Crew:
P2 (629325) Edward George “Lofty” SEEKINGS (pilot) RAF: killed
Gunner IIB (1257409) James Richard STUBBS (nav.) RAF: killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 58 Sqdn RAF:
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420087
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Crowmarsh
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29-Jul-2014 14:46 |
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17-Nov-2018 06:01 |
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02-May-2019 20:10 |
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01-Jul-2022 12:18 |
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06-Aug-2023 04:40 |
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