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Date: | Monday 15 November 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RK978 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Narrative:Mosquito RK978: Took off for a Training flight. 15/11/1948.
The Mosquito was making a controlled descent to RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, using the QGH (controlled descent through cloud) procedures in poor visibility. However, the pilot touched down on the runway at RAF Acklington over half way along the runway length. With inadequate runway left in which to stop, the Mosquito overshot the end of the runway and ran into a ditch. Both crew survived with only slight injuries
Crew:
F/O (????) NICHOLS (pilot) RAF - injured
???? (nav.) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt. 2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 264 Sqn RAF 5.: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2490/1
5.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422567 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#Postwar_operations 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Postwar_use Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Feb-2014 08:56 |
Nepa |
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31-Jul-2014 12:30 |
Nick Slaughter |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
04-Jan-2015 15:21 |
Giggs |
Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 11:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
02-May-2019 20:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
17-Aug-2021 22:15 |
SF |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
12-Nov-2021 18:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
08-Aug-2022 07:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |