ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166234
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| Date: | Saturday 20 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ342 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF stn Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
Mosquito DZ342. Tookoff for cross-country exercise. 20/04/1944
Pilot he was preparing for a cross-country flight and had carried out his cockpit check. As he ran up the engines, the starboard undercarriage collapsed, severely damaging the aircraft. No defect or fault could be found. He maintained that the undercarriage lever had not been touched, but the CFI (W/Cdr D. Devitt) noted “the undercarriages do not collapse without good reason”.
The G/C at Dyce wrote (23 May 1944) that a similar accident had happened on 30 September 1943 and that no explanation had been forthcoming at the time.
Crew:
P/O (J/88928) Raymond Morris HAYS (US pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Sgt (1575815) Ernest Frederick ALDOUS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://rcafassociation.ca/awards.php?keyword=&page=320&type=rcaf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2014 07:08 | Nepa | Added |
| 08-Jul-2014 14:51 | Shout | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 01-Oct-2014 18:37 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2014 18:57 | Zoom | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2021 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2021 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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