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Date: | Tuesday 5 September 1944 |
Time: | 14:29 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
Registration: | LR570 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF stn Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Warboys |
Narrative:Mosquito LR570: Took off at 13:54 hrs to practice overshooting landing. 05/09/1944
On one attempt the Mosquito swung to port and lost both speed and height. The crew forced-landed at 14:29 hrs near the stations WAAF Site. Swung on overshoot lost height and crashlanded RAF Warboys.
Crew:
F/Lt (106655) Edgar William Fitzgerald WALL (pilot) RAFVR - injured (NCO:1375492 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
S/Ldr (81065) Robert Clifford ALABASTER DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - injured (NCO:747803 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 July, 1940)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafwarboys.co.uk/1655mtu.htm
3.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jun-2012 09:14 |
Nepa |
Added |
13-Dec-2012 12:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2014 13:01 |
Jixn |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
24-Aug-2015 11:25 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
01-May-2019 13:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
21-Jul-2022 21:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
31-Jul-2022 08:32 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2022 09:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |