ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19660
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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | KB523 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Milcombe, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Barford St.John, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Barford St.John |
Mosquito KB523: Took off 19:35 hrs for evening solo training flight. 24/03/1945
Having climbed to 9,000 feet, the engines began to cut out intermittently. The pilot aborted the exercise and returned to base, but were forced to carry out a wheels up forced landing in a field at Milcombe.
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.409836) Peter Bowen JACKSON DFC & DFM (pilot) RAAF - badly injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1945.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2008 22:09 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Feb-2010 13:36 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2012 06:06 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 14:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2014 17:23 | Victor | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Sep-2015 06:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2021 19:47 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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