ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144101
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HK222 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
| RAF Middle Wallop |
Mosquito HK222: Took off at 14:40 hrs for Training flight /Air to Air firing exercise. 11/11/1943
F/Sgt Heath had the unfortunate experience of having the perspex nose of his aircraft shatter when he fired his guns on an air to air firing exercise. However, he made a good single engined landing at base, the starboard engine having been damaged by the debris. Landing Ok at 15:20 hrs.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1576655) Frank HEATH (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Sgt (1393828) John Bernard COTTRILL (obs.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
3.ORB 151 Sqn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2012 14:45 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Mar-2012 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Jul-2014 17:05 | R.Giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2014 15:18 | Tu144 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2015 07:23 | Quentin | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2015 09:26 | Shout | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2015 22:06 | Roup | Updated [Registration, Destination airport] |
| 04-Aug-2015 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 10-Oct-2015 11:18 | Tu144 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2018 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 08:25 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2022 18:39 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
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