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Date: | Tuesday 25 May 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RK995 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Saxlingham Green, 9 miles south of Norwich, Norfolk, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Coltishall |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RK995: Took off for Training flight /practice night interception. 25/05/1948.
Collided with Proctor NP349 during exercise and crashed at Saxlingham Green, 9 mi S of Norwich.25/05/1948
Crew:
F/O (58037) Peter WATSON (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (194361) Charles Ian MARCH (navigator) RAF - killed
Proctor crew - no details available - yet!
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. ORB 141 Sqdn RAF : National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2434/21:
3.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439323 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mid-air_collisions_and_incidents_in_the_United_Kingdom#1940s 5. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
6. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 398
7. "RAF Write-Offs 1948". Air-Britain Aeromiltaria (Air-Britain) 2 (1): pp.14–18. 1979.
8. Pilots' grave marker:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/5730828621/ 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxlingham_Nethergate Images:
Aircrew Remembered researched area of loss - 2015
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Feb-2014 10:01 |
Nepa |
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12-May-2014 17:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport] |
16-Sep-2014 15:04 |
James JUMP |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
05-Feb-2015 19:47 |
pietrzak |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
14-Jun-2015 04:56 |
Faun |
Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2015 11:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
05-Nov-2019 09:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
07-Aug-2021 20:46 |
BlB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
04-Nov-2021 09:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Narrative, Operator] |