ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121668
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| Date: | Friday 17 August 1945 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1 AD RAAF |
| Registration: | A52-1013 |
| MSN: | ex.LR573 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAAF stn Laverton, Victoria -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Laverton, VIC |
Mosquito A52-1013 (ex.LR573) No.1 Aircraft Depot RAAF: Took off at 09:34 hrs for training flying. 17/08/1945
A bloke in a Beaufighter and a bloke in a Mosquito put on a tookoff from base a performed big air show in after the morning
Mosquito did a beautiful display flying. He came back with one engine feathered over the airfield and heading east towards Melbourne. He'd come over at very low altitude with one engine feathered having done. Then he started to climb go up with one motor feathered.
During flight into a cloud with one feathered engine, the pilot pushed the wrong button to unfeather the engine and so get more power, but stopped the good engine. The aircraft therefore had no power at all for climb and stalled. The plane crash down into to the ground and burst into flames at 09:40 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.260777) Kenneth William Frazer BLUNDELL (pilot) RAAF: killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a52.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2011 14:27 | Nepa | Added |
| 04-May-2014 15:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2014 10:25 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 17:45 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2015 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2015 16:19 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Time] |
| 07-May-2021 21:04 | Aardvark | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Jun-2021 17:46 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2021 17:10 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Nov-2021 22:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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