ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165125
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| Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MT489 |
| MSN: | ZK-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bendish Hall, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Essex |
Mosquito MT489: Hit trees on take-off and crashed Bendish Hall Essex. 09/02/1945 DBF
"At Castle Camps, hiking Adolf and Corrie on the dispersal to their Mosquito 'ZK-X'. Through a ladder they climb through the side hatch in the small cockpit. Corrie creeps first in his position, Adolf wriggles beside him on the seat. The cabin is so small that their shoulders and arms constantly rub against each other. A few minutes later, it is 20:10hrs start Corrie two Merlin engines. The roar tearing the nightly silence over Castle Camps. He taxi to one of the three jobs, giving the engines 'full boost' and later the storms 'ZK-X' on the tarmac. Gingerly, the pilot pulls the stick to itself.
Some members of the ground crew watching. The engine sound will suddenly drastically. Even before the Mosquito completely in the dark is gone, sounds a thump, followed by cracking.
In barely two kilometers in the direction of the runway, near a farm near the village of Bendish Hall, is found in a forest between the splintered wreckage of the Mosquito 'ZK-X', the lifeless bodies of Michael Corrie and Adolf Van Melckebeke .
It soon turns out that gave the engines shortly after takeoff less power. Corrie was not been able to pull up his gear, and got trees right in a row."
Crew:
F/Lt (116.053) Michael CORRIE DFM (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1814833) Adolf Lucian Leandre VAN MELCKEBEKE (belg.nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.bahavzw.be/database/content/adolf-van-melckebeke-navigator-op-mosquito
3.http://www.aircrewremembered.com/corrie-michael.html
Images:
Own research
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2014 15:51 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Aug-2014 08:20 | Boile A. | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 17:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 28-Mar-2017 07:36 | pietrzak | Updated [Cn, Source, Photo, ] |
| 21-Mar-2019 16:44 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2022 17:29 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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