ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15848
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 January 1945 |
| Time: | 19:17 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MT494 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Castle Hall, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito MT494: Took off for training flight /AI practice interception. 23/01/1945
In the evening of 23 January 1945 two Mosquito NF.XXX of 25 Sqn RAF collided in the air at 19:17 hrs over Camps Hall, Cambridgeshire, during an AI practice interception.
The Mosquito MT494 dived into the ground at MR M0662 Castle Camps, and its crew perished.
The Mosquito MV529 crashed at Shudy Camps, just north of RAF Castle Camps, and its crew, S/Ldr Arnsby DFC (pilot) and F/Lt Reid DFC (nav.), were also killed.
Crew:
F/Lt (106851) Donald Leslie WARD DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (116703) Ernest Derek EYLES DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
https://www.cwgc.org
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?79406-Mosquito-Crash-Castle-Hill-Bartlow-25-Squadron
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/cambridgeshire-county/castle-camps/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2008 06:28 | Nepa | Added |
| 21-Mar-2008 18:39 | JINX | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2010 10:30 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2011 03:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2011 13:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2012 00:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-May-2014 12:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2014 16:59 | weeks | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 17:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2017 07:19 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2018 20:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2023 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2023 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2023 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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