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Date: | Tuesday 3 December 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX |
Owner/operator: | 1653 HCU RAF |
Registration: | TA296 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Lindholme, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Lindholme |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito TA296: Took off for training flight. 03/12/1946
Upon return to base, the pilot landed the aircraft at too high a speed, and then attempted to lift off, overshoot, and 'go around again'. However, while attempting this, the Mosquito stuck poles at the far engine of the runway, and was wrecked.
Crew: ???? Ok
230 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) was first created on 15-3-47 at RAF Lindholme, by re-designation of 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF, to convert crews onto the Avro Lancaster, Avro Lincoln and de Havilland Mosquito bombers.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 1653 Conversion Unit RAF: AIR29/1612
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100321
4.https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._230_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lindholme#1946_%E2%80%93_1980 Revision history:
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20-May-2014 13:14 |
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24-Oct-2014 16:51 |
DG333 |
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05-Aug-2015 12:59 |
Nepa |
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09-Sep-2019 08:25 |
Nepa |
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01-Aug-2021 20:35 |
Yelush |
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17-Aug-2021 09:56 |
Anon. |
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24-May-2023 21:30 |
Nepa |
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25-May-2023 07:54 |
Nepa |
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