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Date: | Tuesday 20 December 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 |
Owner/operator: | Coningsby SF RAF |
Registration: | TH984 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Coleby Heath 1.5 miles S of RAF stn Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Mosquito TH984: Flew into ground on overshoot 1.5 miles south of RAF Waddington 20/12/1949.
The crew had overshot four attempts elsewhere and then diverted to RAF Waddington. The pilot carried out an approach for familiarisation from which he overshot into the circuit but by this time he was under pressure and with fuel running low, he initiated another overshoot but the aircraft crashed in a level attitude 1 1/2 miles from the runway at Coleby Heath, Lincolnshire.
Crew:
???? (pilot) RAF - injured
W/O (703902) Kazimierz CZERNY-HOLOWNIA (nav.) RAF : killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.564
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11754-Kazimierz-Cerny-Holownia 6. Lincolnshire World 3 November 2022:
https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/canadian-tells-of-his-links-to-coningsby-3903987 7. Toronto Star 8 November 2020:
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20201108/281809991418191 8.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php#1949 Revision history:
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Nepa |
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