ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73470
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MM760 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Advanced Landing Ground B.58 Melsbroek/Brussels, Vlaams-Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.51 Lille/Vendeville (Fr.) |
| B.58 Melsbroek/Brussels (Belg.) |
Mosquito MM760: Took off at 22:10 hrs for night patrol. 11/11/1944
Engine cut on patrol, overshot forced landing and overturned B.58 Melsbroek.
F/Lt Nixon ‘prang’ in November 1944 crash-landed at Brussels:
We prepared the for landing on one engine, which meant that our approach would be much faster than usual. We managed to reach the airfield without trouble and approached at about 180 m.p.h. We got down OK, but then left the runway and ran onto the grass for several hundred yards. As we were beyond the runway lights, it was pitch black, but we were coming very slowly to a halt and breathing sighs of relief when… Bang! We had run into a shell hole on the outer perimeter. The nose dropped and we turned over, hanging upside down in our straps. We released ourselves in the dead of night, and were sent crashing down through the canopy. We were both OK, apart from a rather nasty gash on my head, which I got from the jagged perspex that had sliced through my flying helmet.
Crew:
F/O (J/22761) Edward Bracken SEXSMITH (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/Lt (157757) William NIXON (nav.) RAFVR - had a slight head wound.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2010 12:07 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Sep-2011 11:35 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 14-Apr-2014 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2014 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2014 14:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 07-Jun-2014 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 21:53 | Xindel X | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
| 14-Jan-2015 10:27 | Tailor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2015 19:35 | Jixon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 20:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 11:31 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2015 18:59 | Dandy | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2015 13:14 | Koumes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Apr-2016 17:04 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2019 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2020 12:21 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2021 11:06 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2021 23:11 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Dec-2021 11:33 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2023 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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