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Date: | Thursday 21 June 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 132 (C) OTU RAF |
Registration: | NT201 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
Destination airport: | RAF East Fortune |
Narrative:Mosquito NT201: Took off for Training flight. 21/06/1945
Fairing came loose overshot landing and hit hut RAF East Fortune.
Starboard radiator fairing detached, aircraft overshot into a hut. DBR
Crew:
F/Lt (134.004) Noel RUSSELL DFC & bar (pilot instr.) RAFVR - killed
F/O (154.756) Hilton Adams SMITH (pilot u/t) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
3.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15177-Hilton-Adams-Smith-154756-21-06-1945
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Apr-2014 08:42 |
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21-Sep-2014 09:08 |
Repac |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
10-Sep-2015 20:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
30-Mar-2019 11:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
05-Dec-2021 12:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
09-Oct-2022 21:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |