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Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 1 FU RAF |
Registration: | TE872 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lower Moor near Fladbury near RAF stn Pershore, Worcestershire England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Pershore, Worcestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito TE872: (No. 1 Ferry Unit): Crashed on approach to RAF Pershore. 14/01/1948.
The pilot feathered the port engine, but when he used an incorrect procedure to un-feather it, the propeller over speeded, and so the propeller was feathered again. An emergency landing at RAF Pershore was attempted, but on final approach, the port wing struck a tree and the aircraft crashed at Lower Moor, near Pershore. The pilot was killed, the passenger (an AC.1 Leading Aircraftman) survived although with injuries.
Crew:
F/O (57518) Geoffrey BURGESS (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:574365 Commission Gazetted: Tuesday 20 November, 1945)
AC1 (????) Stanley. M. GRIFFITHS (pass.) RAFVR - injured
The reported crash site of Lower Moor is a village near the A44 road, between Wyre Piddle and Fladbury in the district of Wychavon in Worcestershire, England, at approximate co-ordinates: 52.124°N 2.032°W
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 37)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2404:
4.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578250 5.
https://www.pprune.org/where-they-now/379843-flying-officer-geoffrey-burgess.html 6.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm 7. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain.
8. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 p.363 by Colin Cummings
9.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5522-Mosquito-TE872 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fladbury Revision history:
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Dr. John Smith |
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Dr. John Smith |
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