ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159724
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 February 1945 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 128 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PF451 |
| MSN: | M5-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Rattlesden, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Rattlesden, Suffolk |
Mosquito PF451/C: Took off at 18:20hrs for operations against Berlin. 28/02/1945
According to the Navigator the port engine began “flaring with exhaust stubs”. The engine was feathered and Magdeburg was bombed instead. At 20:12 hrs the aircraft set course for base. The Pilot homed to RAF Woodbridge and reported that he was unable to lower the undercarriage. He then left the circuit and made a very low and fast run across RAF Rattleden. He approached again very fast and so close to the funnels that a steep turn was necessary to line up on the runway. The aircraft was seen to bank steeply.
The aircraft missed the runway and flew slowly across the field and stalled into the ground striking with the starboard wing and then caught fire.
Crew :
F/O (Aus.409062) Neville Milne McNULTY (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (C/12525) James Roy Alexander MACONACHIE (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z005_1.pdf
3.ORB 128 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 January 1945 | PF428 | 128 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
sub |
| 23 February 1945 | PF451 | 128 Sqn RAF | 0 | Advanced Landing Ground B.58 Melsbroek/Brussels, Vlaams-Brabant |  |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2013 08:57 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Sep-2013 11:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2014 12:46 | HB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2018 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2019 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Dec-2020 20:12 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2021 22:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2022 12:03 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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