ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265782
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| Date: | Thursday 6 June 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 315 (City of Deblin) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FB357 |
| MSN: | 103-22904 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Ex-USAAF P-51C-10-NT Mustang Mk III 42-103467 [MSN 103-22904] to RAF April 1944 as Mustang III FB357. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6 June 1946 in a landing accident at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
While in the circuit of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, at the end of a NAVEX (Navigation Exercise) from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, the engine of Mustang FB357 failed. The pilot reacted by immediately landing the aircraft at RAF Coltishall, landing downwind with the wheels and flaps lowered. Alhough the Mustang landed successfully on the main runway at RAF Coltishall, the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft from overshooting the runway, and running off the end of the runway by several hundred yards.
Although the Mustang was written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E) and thus "damaged beyond econmic repair", the pilot seems to have escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.43 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.154
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft FA100-FZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 315 (Polish) Squadron ORB (Operations Record Blook)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1946 to 31/12/1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1701 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504343
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
6. http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/315/45/after.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._315_Polish_Fighter_Squadron
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2021 15:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Jul-2021 18:17 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 23-Jul-2021 20:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Operator, Source, Operator]] |
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