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Date: | Monday 6 September 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 38 |
Owner/operator: | CFE RAF |
Registration: | VT652 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito VT652: Had been delivered to the Central Fighter Establishment at RAF West Raynham on 19/8/1948.
It was destroyed by fire, when it caught fire while parked in a in hangar at base. 06/09/1948
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.445
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. ORB CFE RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1349:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101059 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=vt 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Feb-2013 10:17 |
Nepa |
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31-Jul-2014 12:29 |
Nick Slaughter |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 12:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
18-Sep-2019 19:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
25-Aug-2021 10:22 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |