ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144039
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| Date: | Thursday 18 October 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MM796 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blackwater River near RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
| RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
Mosquito MM796: Took off for Training flight /bombing practice. 18/10/1945
Damaged by debris on bombing range engine cut on approach crashlanded in river nr RAF Bradwell Bay. There was another fatal accident. W/O Hymas called up to say that he was having engine trouble. He asked for an emergency landing at RAF Bradwell Bay, but his aircraft went into a 70o dive into the Blackwater River. He was flying solo at the time. He was the third member of 151 Sqdn RAF to be claimed by this river.
Crew:
W/O (1330502) Harold John Phillip HYMAS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D838962
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2012 05:07 | Nepa | Added |
| 27-Feb-2012 05:51 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 07:33 | Holschtein | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2015 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-May-2019 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2019 00:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 16:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 17:23 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2021 10:06 | gerard | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 07-Aug-2021 20:12 | BlBE | Updated [Time, Source, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2021 18:02 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Aug-2022 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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