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Date: | Saturday 23 June 1945 |
Time: | 20:50 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
Owner/operator: | 8 OTU RCAF |
Registration: | KB478 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF stn Greenwood, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Greenwood, NS |
Destination airport: | RCAF Greenwood |
Narrative:Mosquito KB478: Took off for training flight /single engine landings. 23/06/1945
Ground looped crashed on heavy landing on RCAF Greenwood. Bounced twice on landing,
Tried to go around but collapsed the landing gear. Took fire and was totally destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt (1571618) Alexander David RATTRAY (pilot) RAFVR: injured
Sgt (1625798) Raymond Stanley CORBEY (nav.) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://torontoaviationhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/Mosquito-crashes-in-Canada.pdf
3.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b1RollOfHonour_No36OTU_TrainingCasualties.htm
4.ORB 8 OTU RCAF.
Revision history:
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21-Nov-2015 10:30 |
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26-Oct-2019 18:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
11-May-2021 15:54 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Oct-2021 21:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Jul-2022 22:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |