ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151343
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 June 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 26 |
| Owner/operator: | 10 MU RAF |
| Registration: | KA265 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Malmesbury near RAF stn Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire |
| RAF Hullavington | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito KA265: Took off for test flight. 05/06/1946.
The plane was making an approach to land at RAF Hullavington, with the port engine feathered. During the approach, the port wing dropped, the aircraft lost height rapidly. Crashed into the undershoot area at base.
Crew:
F/Lt (42596) Charles Robert Rob DWIGHT DFC (pilot) RAFVR – killed
Mr. Alec TRIMBLE (pass.) civilian fitter - survived but injured
The Gloucester Journal of June 15th 1946 reported the following:
TEST PILOT KILLED IN CRASH.
A test pilot was killed and his passenger injured when a plane crashed in a wheatfield at Malmesbury. The pilot was FLt Charles R. Dwight, D.F.C., of Berkhampstead, Herts, the passenger being Mr. Alec Trimble, civilian fitter, whose parents reside at Tetbury. F/Lt Dwight was senior test pilot at a Wiltshire aerodrome. The plane (a Mosquito) was seen to be gradually losing height. It cleared a wood and levelled up, but then the port wing dipped and the plane crashed, but did not catch fire.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 10 MU RAF: AIR29/1461
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101171
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
5. The Gloucester Journal of June 15th 1946
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2933116/dwight,-charles-robert-rob/
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176221521/charles-robert-dwight
8. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/royal-air-force-war-grave-photos-for-reference.33488/page-89#post-525265
9. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AircrewDeaths39-47/?q=Dwight%2C+Charles+Robert&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
10. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qnum=42596&qname=DWIGHT
11. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?22181-460605-Unaccounted-Airmen-05-06-1946&highlight=DWIGHT&p=129614#post129614
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmesbury
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2012 11:46 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Jul-2014 07:03 | Mysore | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2015 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2019 15:17 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2019 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2019 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Dec-2020 21:38 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2021 08:53 | HB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2021 20:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Jul-2021 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jul-2021 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2021 20:14 | Nella10 | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 20:29 | Next | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2023 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location, Operator]] |
| 25-Jun-2023 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [[[Location, Operator]]] |
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