ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138836
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Date: | Thursday 19 April 1945 |
Time: | 09:45 |
Type: | North American P-51D Mustang |
Owner/operator: | 442 (Caribou) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | KH666 |
MSN: | 44-11258 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mission: Escorting a force of Lancasters bombing Munich. The bombers were escorted uneventfully, only one enemy aircraft, a single engine unidentified one, was seen a few minutes before reaching target.
J.28182 Flying Officer R.J. Robillard in Mustang IV KH666 crashed on take off from RAF Hunsdon - aircraft Cat. "E" - damaged beyond repair: pilot uninjured.
Sources:
http://www.rquirk.com/442f541.html http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Sep-2011 13:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Sep-2011 13:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
19-Jan-2012 07:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
17-Jan-2018 10:18 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jun-2023 11:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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