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Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
Time: | 14:00 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
Registration: | KB193 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Narrative:Mosquito KB193: Took off at 13:50 hrs for a Night flying test /NFT. 05/04/1945
The engine failed during the flight. Overshot emergency landing after an engine failure in base. At 14:00 the aircraft was destroyed in an emergency landing at base after the starboard engine failed at 6,000 feet.
Crew:
F/Lt (128464) James STARK (pilot) RAF - Ok (NCO:1374485, Gazette of 13th October 1942)
???? (nav.) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://aviationresearch.my-free.website/16-operational-training-unit-1940-1945
3.ORB 16 OTU RAF
4.London Gazette of 13th October 1942)
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jan-2013 10:48 |
Nepa |
Added |
22-Jul-2014 10:08 |
DB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
23-Sep-2015 20:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
15-May-2019 18:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
01-Dec-2021 22:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
05-Apr-2022 12:54 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |