ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138835
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| Date: | Thursday 19 April 1945 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  North American P-51D Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | KH722 |
| MSN: | 44-11489 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chiloham, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon |
Mission: Escorting a force of Lancasters bombing Munich. The bombers were escorted uneventfully, only one enemy aircraft, a single engine unidentified one, was seen a few minutes before reaching target.
On the return to base J.38946 Flying Officer D.J. Jeffrey, in Mustang IV KH722 was forced to belly land his aircraft at Chiloham, near Canterbury, at 14:30 houirs, owing to engine trouble, but the pilot was uninjured. Aircraft Cat. "E" - damaged beyond repair.
NOTE: According to the squadron's Operational Record Book, the mustang involved was "KH122". However, the serial KH122 was allocated to a B-24J-75-CF Liberator (ex-44-10687) which was Damaged beyond repair when swung on landing and nose wheel collapsed at Salbani, India Oct 19, 1944. Possibly a reference to P-51K-1-NT Mustang IVA KH722 (ex-USAAF 44-11489, Struck Off Charge on December 16 1946)?
Sources:
http://www.rquirk.com/442f541.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2011 12:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Sep-2011 12:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2011 13:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 07:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2018 10:17 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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