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Date: | Friday 16 March 1945 |
Time: | 20:30 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 7 OTU RCAF |
Registration: | HJ995 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RCAF stn Debert, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Debert, NS |
Destination airport: | RCAF Debert |
Narrative:Mosquito HJ995: Took off for training flight. 16/03/1945
Caught fire in the stbd. engine and spread back to the wing. Pilot did a split circuit and crash landing.
Crew:
F/O (J/85437) D.M. HILDEBRAND (instr. pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (152.625) Michael William SWEET-ESCOTT (pupil pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 7 OTU RCAF
Images:
At Debert 1945 by Jack Zavitz
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Nov-2015 10:33 |
Nepa |
Added |
10-Oct-2016 18:06 |
Anon. |
Updated [Photo, ] |
21-Oct-2019 15:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
05-Oct-2021 09:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Jul-2022 21:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |