ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165442
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 1945 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RS608 |
| MSN: | YP-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Little Snoring, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
| RAF Little Snoring |
Mosquito RS608/Q: Collided with Mosquito NS992 on ground RAF Little Snoring. 05/03/1945
Cleared to taxy and line-up on the Little Snoring runway was struck at 20:35hrs by a landing Mosquito RS608 from 23 Sqn, flown by F/Lt Cooke. No one was hurt. RS608 was repaired and eventually transferred to the French Air Force. An inspection of NS992 revaled very serious damage to the mainplanes and it was duly struck off charge. Meanwhile, the crew immediately transferred to a spare Mosquito and completed an uneventful sortie.
Crew:
F/Lt (125674) Robert Frederick COOKE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt (1672413) James GILBERTSON (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1943 | DZ693 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Mediterranean Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2014 13:41 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Jul-2014 21:35 | Depak | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2014 14:28 | Glock G19 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 12:18 | Heil | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2015 17:38 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2015 18:22 | Heil | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Mar-2019 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2021 13:01 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2023 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 11-Dec-2023 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Operator] |
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