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| Date: | Friday 29 April 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 |
| Owner/operator: | 231 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | TA716 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles north-west of RAF stn Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby |
Mosquito TA716: Took off for a night training flight. 29/04/1949.
Yawed while on return on a night approach and hit trees. The plane undershot and crashed on approach two miles north-west of RAF Coningsby.
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.231 OCU RAF ORB:
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101348
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 15:28 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 15:43 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jul-2014 12:37 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2015 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Aug-2015 12:01 | pepa | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-Apr-2019 17:29 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2021 16:11 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2021 16:12 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Sep-2021 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Nov-2021 21:19 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Nov-2021 21:27 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 08-May-2023 15:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 10-Jul-2023 08:56 | Nepa | Updated |
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