ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146161
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| Date: | Sunday 22 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 132 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | LR559 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beech Hill House, high ground near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
| RAF East Fortune |
Mosquito LR559: Took off for Training flight. 22/10/1944
Crashed into Beech Hill House at night in rain, a country house near Haddington, after a fuel tank exploded shortly after takeoff. The accident killed both aircrew and four people in the house, amongst them a niece and nephew of Field Marshal Haig.
Crew:
F/Lt (128.638) Ian MacPHERSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1348307) Peter Turvey WILKINSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Mrs Ruth De Pree (niece of Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig),
Lt-Col. J. Haig (nephew of FM Haig),
Master D.G. Pitcairn,
Mrs M. Spiers, nanny.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17329-441022-Unaccounted-Airmen-22-10-1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2012 08:20 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Jun-2012 08:30 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2014 22:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2014 22:03 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2014 07:53 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2014 20:50 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2015 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 30-Mar-2019 11:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2019 11:13 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 05-May-2019 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2021 23:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2022 22:41 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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