ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71055
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| Date: | Thursday 9 November 1944 |
| Time: | 00:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 60 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ244 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haughmond Hill, 7miles NE of Condover, Shrewsbury, Shropshire,England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF High Ercall, Shropshire |
Mosquito DZ244: Took off for an night exercise in circuits and landings. 09/11/1944
The Pilot F/O Nowak, was flying solo on night fighter conversion training. At around 1am, just after his sixth take-off, the Mosquito veered into a sharp turn in the circuit area and went into a spiral dive before crashing vertically and exploding on impact at Haughmond Farm, near Shrewsbury. The cause of the crash points to engine failure at low speed. A report from the Aeroplane and Armament Establishment at Boscombe Down indicates that during a test flight in a Mosquito, the pilot was carrying out an asymmetric test at critical speeds when the starboard engine cut out at 32,500 feet. The aircraft had then swung immediately to the right and entered a dive. At 25,000 feet, at an airspeed of about four hundred miles an hour, control was lost, only to be regained at 21,500 feet, following a loss of 11,000 feet.
Crew:
F/O (P.2284) Feliks Pawel NOWAK (pol.pilot) PAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://restorebike.co.uk/bhaa/crash8.html
3.ORB 60 OTU RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2010 10:37 | NePa | Added |
| 18-May-2014 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2014 13:22 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 15:47 | Unitex | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 12:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2019 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2021 16:08 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-May-2022 10:51 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-May-2022 10:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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