ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71708
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| Date: | Friday 20 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 60 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DZ714 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea near RAF stn Valley, Rhosneigr, Isle of Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF High Ercall, Salop |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey |
Mosquito DZ714: Took off for night training flight. 20/08/1943
Overshot landing with one engine at RAF Valley. Attempting emergency landing at Valley aerodrome with engine failure, the aircraft landed at 170 knots indicated, overshot runway and sandbanks and crashed into the Irish sea.
The aircraft was recorded by RAF Valley in the station ORB: August 20th 1943:
“A Mosquito DZ714 (radio call sign Sweetlump 28) from RAF High Ercall was heard calling on Command Guard frequency in distress as one engine had stopped. He was homed to Valley but unfortunately on landing, overshot the runway and landed on the beach, damaging the aircraft extensively but only small cuts and bruises were sustained by the crew.”
Crew: ???? Ok.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Halley, J J,1985, Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100 to dZ999, pg92
3.Sloan, R, 2002, Anglesey Air Accidents during the 20th Century
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2010 04:21 | NePa | Added |
| 26-Feb-2012 06:42 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2014 07:04 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 11:03 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2019 10:53 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2021 20:36 | Repace | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 13-Sep-2021 21:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2021 11:39 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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