Mustang AL988 at Clifton airfield.
On 12th October 1942 this Mustang suffered minor damage at Clifton airfield and although no injuries were reported
nothing further is known. The aircraft was written off less than two months later and detailed on this website.
Pilot - Name unknown, uninjured.
Mustang AL988 was built to purchase contract 15471 by North American at Inglewood, Dallas and was shipped to the UK,
arriving in April 1942. After assembly and testing at MU it was issued to 169 Squadron at Doncaster in June 1942.
It suffered this mishap at Clifton and Cat.A(c)/FA damage was recorded on 12th October 1942 and it was repaired on site.
It was lost on a test flight from Clifton on 20th December 1942 with Cat.E2/FA damage being recorded.