ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48810
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 November 1944 |
| Time: | 15:23 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FPP ATA |
| Registration: | PZ461 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF ??? |
| RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Mosquito PZ461: Took off for a transit flight. 29/11/1944
“When making his first attemp to land the pilot overshot landing and opened up to make a second circuit rather late. The aircraft swung slightly and hit windsock mast with the port wing, removing 5 feet of the wing tip. On his second landing the pilot landed without flaps, could not stop on the slippery grass surface and hit a heap of earth at the edge of the airfield RAF Bircham Newton.”
Crew:
F/O (M.712) Charles Ernest BISHOP (pilot) ATA - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 7 FPP ATA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Nov-2009 07:44 | NePa | Updated |
| 25-Apr-2014 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 16:15 | wilbur | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 11:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2020 22:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2020 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 19:50 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2023 11:29 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2024 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Narrative, Operator] |
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