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Date: | Thursday 7 February 1952 |
Time: | 11:20 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 |
Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | VR795 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito VR795: Took off for Training flight.07/02/1952
The pilot was making an asymmetric (single engined) landing at RAF Hemswell.The pilot seleted undercarriage "down" at a very late stage of the aproach. As a result, the undercarriage did not lock down until very shortly before touchdown. During the landing run, the pilot had to swerve the Mosquito off the runway, to avoid a vehicle on the runway. The aircraft took a considerable time to come to halt. The plane overshot landing and crashed through the boundary fence and swung into a road before coming to a halt.
Crew:
F/Sgt (622003) Norman Fairweather GILMOUR (pilot) RAF – OK
F/O (1817646) Thomas William COOPER AFM (nav.) RAF - OK
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 150
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF (Operations Record Book)
5.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/D8425830 6.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Oct-2013 13:18 |
Nepa |
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29-Jul-2014 13:36 |
Lotos |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
21-Jul-2015 19:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
07-Sep-2016 16:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Nov-2018 20:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
25-Feb-2021 01:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source] |
25-Feb-2021 09:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
26-Feb-2021 03:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
26-Feb-2021 10:53 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
29-Sep-2021 11:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |