ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166385
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| Date: | Monday 16 June 1947 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 36 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TA486 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The English Channel, 30 miles south of Portland Bill, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito TA486: Took off for Training flight /Air to Air firing. 16/06/1947
Crashed into the English Channel at 11:30 hrs.
Crew:
Pilot II (572797) Roy Lightwood WEBBER (pilot) RAF: killed
Nav. II (1602831) Norman Charles CLEVERSLEY (nav.) RAF - killed
According to a report in the "The Times" on 17/06/47:
"A Mosquito aircraft with two occupants crashed into the sea off Worthing about 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and only small pieces of wreckage have been found"
Note that while Mosquito TA486 crashed into the English Channel, some sources - such as the report in "The Times" give the crash location as "off Worthing, Sussex", but the official Air Ministry/RAF Board of Inquiry file into the incident gives the crash location as "30 miles south of Portland Bill"
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. The Times (London) 17 June 1947
3. ORB 36 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2607/4
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423966
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA AVIA 5/29/W2384
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578230
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1531152/roy-lightwood-webber/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1084578/norman-charles-cleversley/
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=48072
10. https://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06894.php
11. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/norman-c-cleversley-24-1q33nfq
12. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15247914/norman-charles-cleversley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2014 10:03 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Aug-2014 08:05 | BlB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 08:41 | Siczak | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 29-Mar-2019 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Nov-2019 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2019 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2020 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator] |
| 07-Jul-2021 10:22 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 19-Nov-2021 19:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 09:47 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-May-2023 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 16-May-2023 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]] |
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