ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70599
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| Date: | Thursday 9 August 1945 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 406 (Lynx) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM745 |
| MSN: | HU-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chyvarloe Farm, Gunwalloo, 2 miles SW of Helston, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
| RAF Predannack |
Mosquito MM745/A: Took off for a training flight /cross country exercise over England. 09/08/1945
During flight in formation ( F/O GOWLAND /F/O BEAUTIES) lost engine. Returned early to base.
Overshot a single engine landings. Flew into ground on overshot RAF Predannack and crashed.
It hit a wall and burned at 16:55 hrs. 09/08/1945
Crew:
W/O (R/211758) Jack Leslie UNDERWOOD (pilot) RCAF - killed
W/O (R/253004) James Melvin BARKER (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org/crash-log
3.ORB 406 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2009 08:02 | NePa | Added |
| 28-Jan-2012 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 07:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2014 18:51 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2015 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2015 19:20 | Iwosh | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 09:51 | PePa | Updated [Cn, Phase, Source] |
| 27-Oct-2019 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2020 18:45 | Emil Robot | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2021 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2021 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Source, Operator] |
| 30-May-2022 22:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2023 10:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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