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Date: | Thursday 12 May 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | VT604 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Little Rissington, (EGVL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito VT604: Took off for training flying /single-engine flight and landing. 12/05/1949
The pilot was making a practice single-engine approach, but failed to begin his overshoot from an altitude of 800 feet, and the airspeed decayed. The Mosquito touched down at RAF Little Rissington, but overshot the landing into a field beyond the airfield boundary.
Crew:???? Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB CFS RAF
3.http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
4.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949.
5.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain) 6.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington#Central_Flying_School:_1946_to_1976
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16-Oct-2013 08:41 |
Nepa |
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31-May-2014 16:53 |
Nepa |
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19-Mar-2015 17:07 |
Yety |
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26-Jul-2015 10:00 |
Nepa |
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14-May-2019 06:57 |
Nepa |
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20-Aug-2021 21:49 |
Anon. |
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07-Aug-2023 08:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |