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Date: | Tuesday 3 July 1945 |
Time: | 01:21 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
Owner/operator: | 8 OTU RCAF |
Registration: | KA942 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | mile south of Auburn, 4 miles of RCAF stn Greenwood, Nova Scotia -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Greenwood, NS |
Destination airport: | RCAF Greenwood |
Narrative:Mosquito KA942: Took off for Training solo flight /night circuits and R/T homings. 03/07/1945
Aircraft overshot and force landed four miles from airfield. Crash one mile south of Auburn NS.
Crew:
S/Ldr (J/4338) James C. SNYDER (pilot) RCAF: injured
(suffers compound fracture left leg and arm and severe lacerations).
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
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21-May-2019 07:19 |
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11-May-2021 16:01 |
TB |
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05-Dec-2021 17:03 |
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15-Oct-2023 21:24 |
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