ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212254
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| Date: | Thursday 9 February 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PX398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH Hornet F3 PX398 of 65 (East India) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/2/1950 when overshot during an asymmetric (single-engined) landing at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire in bad visibility and overturned. Pilot survived.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.33
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Added |
| 25-Sep-2020 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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