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Date: | Monday 4 September 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PX359 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England, -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hornet F3 PX359, 65 (East India) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4-9-1950. During the take off run from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, the starboard engine of Hornet F.1 PX359 failed completely, and the aircraft swung across the runway and collided with PX303, another Hornet F.1 of 65 Squadron. The pilot of Hornet PX359 was Pilot Officer C F Pickard (Service Number 607053) who sustained injuries.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. The Hornet File (Lewis G. Cooper, Air Britain, 1992 ISBN: 9780851302027)
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.81
5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt 6. 65 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for 1/1/1946 to 31/12/1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2427/38 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420253 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jun-2018 19:23 |
Nepa |
Added |
29-Dec-2020 21:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |