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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD688 |
| MSN: | YP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Margate near RAF stn Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
| RAF Manston |
Mosquito DD688/R: Took off for Night training flight. 26/08/1942
Whilst practising night landings F/Lt KALUŽA overshot landing at RAF Manston an crashed his mosquito into an empty gun pit taking with it a stran roller which was in its path. The aircraft was wrecked and crew injured. Pilot slightly and observer receiving a complicated fracture of the leg Both were taken to hospital.
Crew:
F/Lt (P.76649) Mieczysław Ludwik KALUŽA (pol. pilot) PAF - injured
Sgt (907502) Charles Wydham Bellingham ROBERTS (obs.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/17571
4. https://listakrzystka.pl/kaluza-mieczyslaw-ludwik/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2009 06:45 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2013 20:14 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 09:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2014 08:51 | SIS07 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2014 07:31 | Heil | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2014 08:20 | Heil | Updated [Source, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 02-Dec-2015 12:40 | SIS07 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2019 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 25-Sep-2021 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:22 | redsix1 | Updated |
| 27-Jul-2022 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-Sep-2023 17:42 | Nepa | Updated |
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