ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70865
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| Date: | Monday 30 November 1942 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD782 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | about a mile west of RAF stn Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Church Fenton |
Mosquito DD782: Took off at 14:35 hrs for Night Flying Test. 30/11/1942
During flights had trouble with the port engine and made a single engine approach. They flew along the runway with wheels and flaps down, but, having overshot a little, the pilot decided to go round again.
The pilot opted to make an overshoot of the landing, applied power to the good engine and began a climb away to begin to fly a circuit of the airfield and try again to land.
But after climbing to about 500 feet and getting a short way round the circuit the aircraft stalled.
The aircraft turn into the dead engine, and crashed about a mile west of the airfield at 15:05 hrs.
Crew:
P/O (116.101) Raymond PEAKE (pilot) RAFVR - killed on the spot
Sgt (1134677) Thomas Richardson PARRY (obs) RAFVR - died of injuries on the way to York Military Hospital
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/dd782.html
4.https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2009 06:54 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 14:52 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 11:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2014 09:09 | Route | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2015 16:53 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 22-Jul-2015 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-Nov-2015 17:18 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2016 18:33 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2016 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2017 18:57 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2019 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2019 07:25 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 05-May-2021 10:12 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2022 23:48 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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