Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III VT608,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166650
 
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Date:Thursday 20 January 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:CFS RAF
Registration: VT608
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:RAF Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mosquito VT608: Took off for Training flight 20/01/1949.
On return, the pilot attempted to initiate an overshoot from a normal approach, but left the flaps down fully in error. The aircraft would not accelerate away from the overshoot in this configuration. as a result, the pilot closed the throttles, and made a wheels up landing at RAF Moreton in Marsh.
Crew: ???? Ok.


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.ORB Central Flying School RAF
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Flying_School
7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Moreton-in-Marsh

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-May-2014 16:16 Nepa Added
29-Jul-2014 15:12 Holschtein Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Mar-2015 17:05 yari Updated [Total fatalities, Location]
28-Apr-2015 09:18 JEPA Updated [Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 06:46 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
28-May-2019 06:42 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 16:48 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
06-Aug-2023 08:52 Nepa Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]]

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