Date:	Tuesday 6 June 1944
Time:	19:10
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	8th (WR) Sqn USAAF
Registration:	NS555
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile of RAF stn High Wycombe /AAF Sta.101 Buckinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Watton /AAF Sta.376 Norfolk

Narrative:
Mosquito NS555: After successfully completing the mission the aircraft returned to England and landed at RAF Middle Wallop to refuel. t then take off for flight to RAF Watton. 06/06/1944
Witnesses reported that at 19:00 hrs they heard an aircraft above in the clouds flying in a northerly direction with the engines being continuously throttled down and then opened up. The aircraft suddenly broke through the low overcast in a vertical dive with both engines running full-out. The aircraft made a half-turn before diving straight into a railroad embankment and explode in a ball of flame. Mosquito crashed one mile from RAF High Wycombe. Apparently pilot became disoriented in the clouds and failed to use his flight instruments properly to maintain level flight.
Crew:
Capt. (O.431203) Walter David GERNAND (pilot) USAAF - killed
Sgt (US19177415) Ebbet Campbell LYNCH (nav.) USAAF - killed

1.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-8981.html
4. and an eye witness on the day of the crash

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Mar-2011 03:57	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Jul-2011 03:44	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
19-Feb-2012 14:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Feb-2012 14:08	Nepa	Updated [Phase, Source]
10-Jun-2012 13:25	DavidW	Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2013 12:20	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
15-Apr-2014 16:23	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Aug-2014 19:22	HB	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
29-Aug-2014 14:52	Lotos	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
29-Aug-2014 14:56	Jixon	Updated [Location, Narrative]
06-Mar-2015 06:42	Mihul3	Updated [Operator]
15-Aug-2015 11:37	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Mar-2016 20:19	Lotos	Updated [Time, Narrative]
24-Jul-2017 08:25	Anon.	Updated [Source]
29-Apr-2019 20:07	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator]
29-Jan-2021 11:51	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
29-Oct-2021 17:41	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Nov-2021 19:09	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
21-Nov-2021 19:11	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Dec-2021 18:31	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
07-Mar-2022 10:05	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]