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Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | APS RAF |
Registration: | TA555 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland, |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington |
Narrative:Mosquito TA555: (Armament Practice Station) Took off for Training flight. 15/06/1948
Crashed on landing RAF Acklington. Accident attributed to structural failure of the undercarriage cross-tube on touch down. The Mosquito skidded along the runway for a considerable distance, severely damaging the aircraft's underside. Mosquito TA555 was declared Cat. E2 and struck off charge.
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings.
3. ORB Armament Practice Station RAF Acklington : National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1296:
4.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101006 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Postwar_use Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Feb-2014 09:22 |
Nepa |
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17-Apr-2014 18:29 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
17-Apr-2014 18:31 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
02-May-2014 12:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
31-Jul-2014 12:09 |
Nick Slaughter |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
31-Jul-2015 10:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
18-Sep-2019 19:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
08-Aug-2021 19:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |