ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143764
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX982 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field Cobham, near RAF stn Gravesend, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gravesend, Kent |
Mosquito HX982: Tookoff for Training to familiarize crew with the aerodrome. 18/04/1944
Bounced on take-off and crashed in field near RAF Gravesend. Pilot inexperienced on rough runways, bounced on take-off and failed to remain airborne following take off. Crashlanded in adjoining field near Cobham.
In field injuring several people and killing two women working on the land. The crew were uninjured.
‘Two Women working in a field near Cobham were killed by a plane on Tuesday. They were:
Mrs. C. VOUSDEN (43), Belvue Cottages, Round Street, Cobham.
Miss. Ruth SMITH (45), of Malling Cross.
Mrs. FRY, Dabb’s Place Cottages, Cobham was conveyed to Hospital with injuries but these were not serious.
Crew:
Sgt (908351) Roger William KNAPE (pilot) RAFVR - injured
???? (nav.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://gahp.org.uk/dh-mosquitoes-at-raf-gravesend-in-early-1944/
3.ORB 21 Sqn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2012 11:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Jun-2014 21:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2015 12:57 | Oezil 007 | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2015 14:12 | Taylor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 07:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2016 20:52 | Nick Slaughter | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2019 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Sep-2021 11:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2022 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2022 16:54 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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