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Date: | Monday 4 July 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 204 AFS RAF |
Registration: | RS549 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Driffield, East Yorkshire, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF ???? |
Destination airport: | RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RS549: Took off for Training flying. 04/07/1949
Written off when the pilot failed to correct a swing on landing. The aircraft swung off the runway and the undercarriage collapsed at RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire.
Crew: ???? Ok
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.
4.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. ORB 204 AFS RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1772:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101482 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._231_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF#Operational_history 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Driffield#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Feb-2014 09:08 |
Nepa |
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29-Jul-2014 15:02 |
Jixon |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 09:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
15-Mar-2019 20:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
10-Jan-2021 20:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
10-Jan-2021 20:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
20-Aug-2021 22:38 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |