ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70797
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| Date: | Monday 15 March 1943 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD634 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Exeter, Devon, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Exeter, Devon |
| RAF Exeter |
Mosquito DD634: Took off for training flight 15/03/1943
Suffering engine failure and crashed at RAF Exeter after overshot single-engine landing.
Collided with parked Spitfire AR5O1, which was damaged.
While parked in a dispersal some 200 yards off the runway, AR501 was hit by Mosquito DD634 at 11:00 hrs.
The Mossie careered off the runway during an overshoot. AR501 was damaged to Cat.B status.
Crew:
F/O Jerzy Pelka - Ok
P/O Czeslaw Przedpelski - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF nic
3.307 Dywizjon Mysliwski Nocny "Lwowskich Puchaczy", Robert Gretzyngier, ISBN 83-11-10112-4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2009 06:55 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 14:56 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 12-Feb-2012 02:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2014 15:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2015 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2015 17:10 | Heil | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2022 09:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2022 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2022 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2023 15:04 | Andy Dawson | Updated [[Time, Nature, Narrative, Operator]] |
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