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Date: | Wednesday 16 February 1944 |
Time: | 12:15 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 1409 Met Flt RAF |
Registration: | ML928 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Wyton |
Narrative:Mosquito ML928: Crashed in circuit in bad visibility after aborting met sortie RAF Wyton. 16/02/1944
Took off at 11:45 hrs. on PAMPA (long-range meteorological sortie) mission. After 20 minutes into the sortie the pilot called that he was returning to base. During the circuit at low level he made a further two circuits of the airfield before crashing heavily at 12:15 hrs. and burst into flames.
Personnel from 83 Sqn rushed to the scene and managed to pull both crew out of the aircraft. It is thought that visibility was poor that day which caused the pilot to turn back to RAF Wyton.
Both crew members were taken to the R.A.F. hospital at Ely where they died the next day from their burns.
Crew:
F/O (141455) Arthur William POWELL-WIFFEN (pilot) RAFVR: killed (NCO:740778 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 April, 1943)
P/O (169692) Harry ASHWORTH DFM (nav.) RAFVR: killed (NCO:1142123 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 February, 1944)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=1409%20Flt
3.ORB 1409 Flt RAF
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Mar-2012 05:16 |
Nepa |
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08-Jun-2014 08:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Aug-2014 17:00 |
Cliford |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
16-Jan-2015 07:00 |
Comet123 |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
08-Aug-2015 11:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
07-Apr-2019 12:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
06-Oct-2021 18:12 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
29-Jul-2022 10:17 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2022 20:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
05-Aug-2022 12:32 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |