ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74425
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| Date: | Friday 9 November 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Heinkel He 162A-2 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
| Registration: | AM61 |
| MSN: | 120072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aldershot, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | RAE Farnborough, Hampshire |
Heinkel He 162A-2, (Wk. Nr. 120072), captured at Leck, Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Designated RAF AM61, in the Air Ministry serials reserved for captured enemy aircraft.
On 9 November 1945, the Heinkel jet crashed at Aldershot while being demonstrated to personnel of the Staff College, Camberley. During a slow roll the aircraft yawed violently and then stalled. One of the two fin and rudder assemblies broke away.
The Heinkel then dived steeply and a pull out was attempted, but the tailplane broke off and the aircraft crashed.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Robert Alan Marks AFM (Service Number 87018, aged 29) RAFVR, a test pilot from Farnborough, was killed as well as a Canadian soldier on the ground.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. http://www.testflyingmemorial.com/index.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2718948/marks,-robert-alan/
3. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/heinkel-he-162.14960/#post-167422
4. http://silverhawkauthor.com/axis-warplane-survivors-german-aircraft-part-ii-fockewulf-fw-190-to-junkers-ju-288_568.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2010 06:54 | angels one five | Added |
| 21-May-2010 06:55 | angels one five | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jan-2013 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2013 10:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 10-Oct-2013 15:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2013 22:00 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 18:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2019 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2020 14:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2022 06:42 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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