ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152925
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| Date: | Monday 20 November 1944 |
| Time: | 22:28 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 25 |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB430 |
| MSN: | 4H-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Gransden Lodge, Huntingdonshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Longe, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Gransden Lodge, |
Mosquito KB430 ("4H-A") Took off at 20:56 hrs from RAF Grandsen Lodge. 20/11/1944
Just after take-off they suffered serious technical problems. The starboard engine failed and they had to turn back, fully loaded with fuel, flares and bombs. Neil Nimmo’s logbook wryly notes: ’I bent the bleeder on landing - bombs up". The Mosquito crash-landed at 22:28 hrs at RAF Grandsen Lodge with its bomb load aboard. The heavy impact with the runway damaged the aircraft beyond repair but the bombs did not explode. Both crew were unhurt.
That night Nimmo’s wife Hilary, a WRAF that managed to work at the same base as him (forbidden under all RAF regulations), was on duty in the Pathfinder Operations Control Room and aware of it all. Her only option was to keep quiet and to get on with her work as one or other of them shouldn’t have been stationed there. In fact, they were both so shocked and so determined not to make a fuss that they didn’t make contact until Neil had returned from a successful operation, which wasn’t to be long.
Crew:
F/Lt (67073) Neil Duncan NIMMO DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:1375426 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)
F/Sgt (Aus/432939) John Lea CRADDOCK DFM (nav.) RAAF - Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=142
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3. ORB 142 Sqdn RAF
4. CWGC
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2013 05:03 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Feb-2013 01:58 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 14:31 | Zoom | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2014 15:56 | HB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2014 17:22 | Digger | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2015 13:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2015 13:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2015 14:13 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2016 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2017 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 05:39 | Stu | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 09:22 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Aug-2022 13:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2023 11:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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