ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17482
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Flt RAE |
| Registration: | RF830 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wanborough park near Guildford, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAE Farnborough, Hampshire |
Mosquito RF830: Took off for a Test flight. 23/08/1945
Became out of control during elevator tab trials and broke up in air near Aldershot Hants.
ACCIDENT DETAIL: On fifth dive at 360 m.p.h. as soon as g was applied aircraft began porpoising violently with increasing amplitude. Break-up then began; pilot was thrown clear, FTO's body found in wreckage.
Crew:
Pilot RAE was thrown out of the aircraft and on regaining consciousness he made normal parachute descent.Ok
Mr. Henry Verner BECKER (The civilian Flight Test Observer) RAE : killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/search.php?year1=1940&year2=1949
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2008 12:29 | Nepa | Added |
| 31-Jan-2010 00:09 | NePa | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2010 23:30 | angels one five | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 09-Sep-2011 21:28 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2011 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 20:29 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2015 15:58 | INV | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 22-Sep-2015 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Dec-2015 14:58 | Weeks | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-May-2019 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Feb-2022 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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