ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145878
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Date: | Thursday 11 June 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
Registration: | RK935 |
MSN: | MB-23 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF stn Shepherds Grove, Suffolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Manchester Ringway Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
Destination airport: | RAF Shepherds Grove, Suffolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito MB-23 (ex.RK935): Built at Leavesden under contract 1576/SAS/C.23(a) as Mosquito NF.30 (Merlin 76 engines).
05/05/45: delivered to the RAF, never used operationally, spend all its RAF-life in Maintenance Units
29/11/51: Allocated to Belgian Air Force and serial MB-23 issued.
01/02/53: At Fairey Aviation, Mancester Ringway Airport for refurbishment
11/06/1953: Crashed at RAF Shepherds Grove near Walsham le Willows in Suffolk during a pre-delivery flight (total airframe time 3:05 hrs)
00/06/53: Transferred to Shepherds Grove for damage assessment.
08/12/53 and 14/12/53: Transported to Wevelgem by two C119s (CP1 & CP5), then to Arsenel, Evere and stripped for spares.
Crew:???? Ok
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 2.
http://www.mossie.org/production/results.php?search=RK935&returnsperpage=25&submit=Search&mode=2 3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1229947/ 4.
http://belmilac.wikifoundry.com/page/De+Havilland+DH.98+Mosquito+NF.30. 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shepherds_Grove Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-May-2012 02:57 |
Nepa |
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24-Oct-2012 09:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Mar-2013 23:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
14-Aug-2014 18:29 |
Fort Knox |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
23-Jul-2015 19:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
18-Jan-2016 18:13 |
Django |
Updated [Operator] |
13-Aug-2016 19:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
24-Oct-2017 22:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Oct-2017 22:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date] |
09-Jan-2019 20:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
23-Feb-2020 18:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
28-Feb-2020 21:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Sep-2021 20:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
12-May-2023 09:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Cn, Narrative, Operator]] |
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