ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301874
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Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 2 (C) OTU RAF |
Registration: | T4646 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Catfoss, Yorkshire, |
Destination airport: | RAF Catfoss |
Narrative:Beaufighter T4646: Took off for Training flight. 14/05/1943
Landed at Catfoss airfield but the pilot selected the wrong lever for the flaps, he selected the undercarriage lever and the aircraft sank onto its belly. The unit ORB states the damage that resulted and it sustained damage pretty much across the aircraft but seems to have been repaired.
Crew:
2/Lt. (O.726637) Willard J. GRESS (pilot) USAAF - Ok
Sources:
Beaufighter production list
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