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Date: | Tuesday 8 February 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
Owner/operator: | 228 OCU RAF |
Registration: | RL268 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito RL268: Tookoff for night training flight, 08/02/1949.
The aircraft swung on take-off, the pupil pilot under training failed to correct the swing, and the undercarriage collapsed at base.
Crew:???? Ok
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 228 OCU RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1634
5.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101344 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._228_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leeming#1950%E2%80%931990 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Feb-2014 16:56 |
Nepa |
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29-Jul-2014 15:05 |
Jixon |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 10:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
02-Apr-2019 17:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
22-Jan-2021 10:26 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
27-Nov-2021 21:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
07-Aug-2022 06:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |