ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227354
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | 12:05 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG401 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Sawbridgeworth |
After carrying out authorised low level flight involving message-dropping near Tring, Hertfordshire, the aircraft flew through HT cables hidden below a hill and lost its radio aerial and pitot head.
On return to base unannounced, and with no indications of airspeed, a fast approach was made, but during the landing rollout the starboard wheel veered off and fell into a hole under the runway mesh, tipping the aircraft up onto its nose and breaking the propeller.
The pilot, P/O Peter Tonkin, was unhurt.
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders were ...' (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields), Paul A Doyle. Pub by Forward Airfield Research Publishing 1995. ISBN 0 9525 624 05
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2019 17:23 | paddy | Added |
| 13-Aug-2020 09:31 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2020 20:00 | paddy | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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