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Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
Registration: | W4066 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF stn Babdown Farm, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Babdown Farm, Gloucestershire |
Narrative:Mosquito W4066: Took off at 10:00 hrs for a high level photo exercise over southwest England. 22/05/1944
Trouble was experienced with the coolant temperature on the starboard engine, when necessitated opening the radiators. When the temperature reached 120 degrees he feathered the starboard engine; unfeathered at 60 degrees, and feathered again when the temperature rose again. He finally made an emergency landing at Station Babdown Farm. The problem was a technical failure, the starboard engine having developed an internal coolant leak.
Crew:
P/O (J/88928) Raymond Morris HAYS (US pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Sgt (1575815) Ernest Frederick ALDOUS (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://rcafassociation.ca/awards.php?keyword=&page=320&type=rcaf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2014 07:15 |
Nepa |
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21-Jul-2014 13:27 |
Gloug |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
12-Aug-2014 08:59 |
BlB |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
01-Oct-2014 18:54 |
Zoom |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Aug-2015 19:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
10-Jul-2021 17:16 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
24-Oct-2021 20:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |