ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164066
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| Date: | Monday 13 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RL117 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Malling, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito RL117: Took off for joint exercise with 85 and 29 Sqn aircraft /Training flight in formation.13/9/1948
Collided with Mosquito VT612 (No. 2 in the formation) severing the tail unit of Mosquito RL117, and aircraft and spun into ground near RAF West Malling, Kent. Both crew of Mosquito RL117 killed
Crew:
F/Lt (55151) Eric Norman HART (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (149488) Raymond Lovell PALMER (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3. ORB 25 Sqn RAF National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2403/33
4. CWGC
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419309
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2014 10:06 | Nepa | Added |
| 31-Jul-2014 12:18 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2015 18:00 | H.Shaft | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 26-Jul-2015 12:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2018 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Nov-2018 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-May-2019 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 25-Aug-2021 10:26 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 10:49 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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