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Date: | Monday 2 December 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PF573 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ilfracombe Golf Course, Hele Bay, east of Ilfracombe, Devon, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mosquito PF573: Took off for training flight /Gee Cross Country with bombing at Wainfleet. 02/12/1946.
Crash after In-flight fire. The aircraft was flying in cloud when both engines carburettors froze up and the engines lost power. The pilot could not retain control and the plane crashed on the (old) Ilfracombe Golf Course, Hele Bay, E of Ilfracombe.
Crew:
F/O (57561) Edmund George Hanson WAREING (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1850283) Donald COLBOURNE (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2434/19
3.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439321 4. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/28/W2368:
6.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578214 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty. 8.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/help-with-raf-casualtys-raf-service-numbers.17206/#post-221771 9.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505091 10.
http://www.ilfracombegolfclub.com/contact-ilfracombe-golf-club-north-devon/ 11.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=47541 12. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
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Nepa |
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07-Jun-2014 21:00 |
Nepa |
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17-Sep-2014 11:41 |
Jixon |
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24-Oct-2014 16:55 |
Digger |
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25-Jan-2015 15:04 |
Anon. |
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05-Aug-2015 12:52 |
Nepa |
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19-Jun-2019 20:32 |
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18-Nov-2019 19:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
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