ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 93064
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) |
| Registration: | LR359 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RNAS Machrihanish /HMS Landrail, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute. Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | HMS Indefatigable (R10) |
| RNAS Machrihanish /HMS Landrail |
Mosquito LR359: Took off for test flight /assess the suitability of the Mossie for carrier operation. 26/03/1944
The first deck landing trials were conducted on HMS Indefatigable (R10) on March 25th and 26th, 1944. Brown and his engineer completed seven landings and take-offs on Indefatigable’s 766.5 foot (233.6 metre) deck without incident, flying their specially modified Mosquito. It was the first time a twin-engined aircraft had ever been brought onto a carrier.
On the eighth landing the pilot showed his remarkable skill when bolts holding the arrester hook sheared. Recognising, in a split second and from feel alone, that it was a hook failure and not a cable break, he fire-walled the throttles and dragged the Mosquito back into the air – falling over the port side thanks to the the engine torque, and dipping dangerously close to the water as they recovered airspeed
On 26/3/44, during the third landing of the day, the aircrafts hook failed after taking the wire and only Lt Browns quick reactions prevented a ditching, the aircraft making it back to RNAS Machrihanish /HMS Landrail afterwards.
Crew:
Lt.Cdr (A) Eric Melrose 'Winkle' BROWN DSC AFC (test pilot RN) RAE - Ok
???? (test engineer) RAE - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1003-Intro.htm#WW2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2023 08:14 | Nepa | Updated |
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