ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142250
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX829 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Dorset coast, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Mosquito HX829: Took off at 14:50 hrs for Test flight. 31/08/1943
F/Sgt Lavelle, flying with Cpl Friend on an air test, found lack of control with the elevators of the aircraft under test, after elevator jammed. They were flying over the sea and because of lack of control, they were compelled to abandon the aircraft over sea off Dorset coast.
Corporal Friend bailed out and his parachute opened, but regretfully he went missing. F/Sgt Lavelle bailed out successfully from a height of about 1,000 ft and was picked up after about an hour in his dinghy.
Crew:
F/Sgt (????) LAVELLE (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Cpl (845843) William Charles Henry FRIEND (mech.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2012 02:34 | Nepa | Added |
| 28-Feb-2012 14:54 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2014 06:29 | Boile A. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 11-Feb-2016 09:58 | Next | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 21:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 20-Sep-2021 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 11:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2022 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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