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Date: | Friday 6 April 1945 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
Registration: | KB343 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Barford St.John, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Barford St John, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito KB343: Took off at 16:00 hrs for a bombing practice. 06/04/1945
But swung on take off, swung out of control and suffered a collapsed undercarriage at base.
Crew:
F/O (156057) Henry Massey GEORGE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1059757 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 October, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1945.htm
3.https://aviationresearch.my-free.website/16-operational-training-unit-1940-1945
4.ORB 16 OTU RAF
5.London Gazette: Tuesday 05 October 1943
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jun-2012 06:15 |
Nepa |
Added |
20-Jun-2012 08:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative] |
12-Jun-2014 14:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Sep-2015 07:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
22-Oct-2019 20:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
01-Dec-2021 22:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Aug-2022 17:51 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |