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Date: | Monday 6 December 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 |
Owner/operator: | 9 MU RAF |
Registration: | RG295 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Cosford, Shropshire, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF Cosford, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Cosford |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RG295: Took off for a post maintenance Test flight 06/12/1948.
The port engine cut on take-off and crash-landed at RAF Cosford., and the pilot feathered both engines. The Mosquito was then landed 'straight ahead', with the undercarriage fully 'down and locked'. The aircraft failed to stop when it reached the end of the runway, went through the perimeter fence, and came to a halt in a field of sugar beet. Both crew survived unhurt.
Crew:
F/Lt (143384) Henry David COSTAIN (test pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt Thomas HARGREAVES (fitter/pass.) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 9 MU RAF Cosford ORB
3.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101169
6.http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1945-52.htm
7.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RG295 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cosford#History Revision history:
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26-Jul-2015 11:01 |
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22-Apr-2016 18:01 |
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26-May-2019 14:37 |
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