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Date: | Monday 2 July 1945 |
Time: | 13:30 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
Owner/operator: | 8 OTU RCAF |
Registration: | KB284 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF stn Greenwood, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Greenwood, NS |
Destination airport: | RCAF Greenwood |
Narrative:Mosquito KB284: Took off for training navigation flight /Cross country exercise. 02/07/1945
Crash ran over end of runway RCAF Greenwood and undercarriage collapse.
The pilot overshot on landing, ground looped, and tore off the landing gear.
Crew:
Sgt (1589338) Fred THOMASON (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Sgt (1634349) Bernard Joseph KAHLER (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://torontoaviationhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/Mosquito-crashes-in-Canada.pdf
3.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/penn8b1RollOfHonour_No36OTU_TrainingCasualties.htm
4.ORB 8 OTU RCAF
Revision history:
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21-Nov-2015 10:46 |
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21-May-2019 07:22 |
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Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
11-May-2021 15:56 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
29-Nov-2021 12:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Jul-2022 22:53 |
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Updated [Narrative, Operator] |