ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165795
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 16 FPP ATA |
| Registration: | RF847 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Riccalton Farm,15 miles SE of Jedburgh, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirkbride, Cumderland |
| RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire, |
Mosquito RF847: Took off at 14:30 hrs for a Ferry flight from RAF Kirkbride, home to 16 FPP ATA to 404 Sqdn at RAF Banff. 30/03/1945
Owing to poor weather conditions the pilot had to fly east and then north. Whilst flying up Redesdale, approximately 15 miles from Jedburgh the pilot noticed what he thought to be a fire in the starboard engine nacelle. The pilot panicked, failed to carry out any fire drill, and abandoned the aircraft by parachute.
The Mosquito broke up in the air scattering wreckage over an area three miles long and 1 mile wide, the main bulk of the wreckage landing near Riccalton Farm on the Scottish side of the border. Abandoned when aircraft was believed to be on fire 10 miles SE of Jedburgh Roxburgh.30/03/1945
Pilot bailed out of a perfectly good Mosquito in March 1945 when he thought his starboard engine was on fire. Subsequent technical examinations of the wreckage found nothing wrong, so they thought he must have mistaken either static electricity or exhaust flames for an engine fire.
Crew:
First Officer (P.0633 /M.313) Leon Hubert JAUGSCH (pol.pilot) ATA - Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/the-ata/index.php/9-lists/4-ata-men-1943
3. https://acia.co.uk/1945/03/30/mosquito-rf847/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2014 13:44 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Aug-2015 12:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2015 07:12 | pepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2016 16:26 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
| 21-Dec-2016 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2019 15:51 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2019 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 10:15 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 22:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2019 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Feb-2020 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2021 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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