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Date: | Friday 8 February 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 204 AFS RAF |
Registration: | RF966 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mill Farm,Weston Bamfylde,0,5 mile SE of Sparkford, Somerset, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RF966: Took off for Training flight. 08/02/1952
Destroyed when crashed at Mill Farm, Weston Bamfylde, half a mile south east of Sparkford, Somerset, when the starboard engine failed and the propeller was feathered. When the port egnie throttle was opened, this engine did not provide the required additional power, and both crew therefore decided to abandon the aircraft. The Mosquito exploded on impact.
Crew:
P/O (4042403) George Alexander IRONSIDE (pilot) RAF: OK
P/O (3058107) Charles George WILKINSON (nav.) RAF: OK
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. ORB 204 AFS RAF
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
5. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
6. Western Gazette 9 February 1952
7.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162855 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkford Revision history:
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