ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239912
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG403 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth |
| local |
Mustang AG403 had started its take-off roll and was just airborne when it collided with AG488 that was taxying out from a northern dispersal and across the runway in use. After losing part of one wing in the collision AG403 climbed to about sixty feet, flicked inverted and crashed near the runway killing the pilot, Pilot Officer G L Gosnell. Whereas AG403 was destroyed, AG488 was badly damaged (later written off), with its pilot, Pilot Officer P J Willmett injured.
Crew: P/O G.L GOSNELL - killed
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders were (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) by Paul Doyle, pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing. ISBN 09525 624 05
ORB 2(AC) Sqdn RAF
AIR81/14173
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2020 09:10 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2020 09:12 | Apen | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2020 09:32 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2020 20:00 | paddy | Updated [Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2021 15:56 | paddy | Updated [Time] |
| 13-Feb-2021 13:50 | paddy | Updated [Narrative] |
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