ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165360
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS828 |
| MSN: | EG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Elmham, near RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
| RAF Swanton Morley |
Mosquito NS828/A: Took off for training flight. 27/04/1944
Dived into ground on approach RAF Swanton Morley.
Official report to the crash states:
“Failure of port engine due to a glycol leak. Unsuccessful attempt at a single landing from too low a height and from too close a circuit which resulted in the pilot overshooting the end of the runway and going round again at 150-200 feet, either the use of 18 lbs. boost or a loss of power on the starboard engine caused the aircraft to turn into the dead engine. It spun to port and hit the ground vertically, having completed half a turn of a spin.”
Crew:
F/Lt (NZ2150) John Charles PATERSON (pilot) RNZAF - Killed
F/Lt (49175) John James Spencer MELLER (nav.) RAF - Killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://aircrewremembered.com/paterson-john.html#sthash.ZBpypgfc.dpuf
3.ORB 487 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1944 | HX949 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Moustier-sur-Sambre, Namur. |  |
w/o |
| 21 March 1945 | PZ402 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Fersfield, 16 miles southwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2014 12:37 | Nepa | Added |
| 08-Jul-2014 08:10 | MiG17 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2015 03:26 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2015 12:01 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2019 17:46 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2021 18:27 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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