ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70798
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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD639 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Colerne, Wiltshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
| RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
Mosquito DD639: Took off at 12:13 hrs for a Trg flight /practice single engine flying and landing. 02/10/1942
At 12:25 hrs the crew reported that the port propeller had failed to un-feather and they would need to execute an emergency landing. The aircraft made a good approach to the airfield and all was in order until the aircraft was at an altitude of 50ft and 100 yards from the end of the north-south runway. At this point, the nose of the aircraft rose steeply into the air and the starboard engine was then fully opened up. This resulted in the aircraft swinging violently to port through 90 degrees with the left wing down. The pilot then made a valiant attempt to climb to avoid the Fighter hangar, but the aircraft stalled and crashed into the western doors of the hangar and exploded.
Crew:
S/Ldr (90491) Philip Trevor PARSONS (pilot) RAF - Killed
F/O (75028) Paul Anthony HARDING (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/ParsonsPT.htm
3.http://dunkirk1940.org/index.php?&p=1_118
4.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2009 07:18 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Nov-2011 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2012 07:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 01-Feb-2013 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2013 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2014 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2019 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2019 16:24 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 29-Apr-2019 16:24 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2021 15:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 11:59 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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