ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301890
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| Date: | Thursday 10 December 1942 |
| Time: | 01:06 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 158 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7668 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rufforth, North Yorkshire |
Whilst landing at Scampton on diversion after an operation to Turin, this aircraft was damaged when the undercarriage collapsed after the pilot landed without ensuring the wheels were locked down after he became distracted by the number of aircraft in the circuit to land at the airfield.
Pilot P/O PL Beesley and crew were unhurt.
Sources:
BCAR database - http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/158_wwII.html
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