ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166686
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| Date: | Monday 14 February 1944 |
| Time: | 11:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 60 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HX863 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea off Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
Mosquito HX863: Took off for training flight /air-to-air firing practise. 14/02/1944
F/Lt Culcheth, considered an experienced pilot who had conducted four similar exercises previously.
They were on an air firing exercise and cloud conditions on range were just within limits for air-to-air firing. Visibility seawards was good. The pilot carried out two attacks on a drogue successfully and was carrying out a third attack from the port quarter closing to break-away position when he appeared to carry out a roll to starboard followed by commencement of a second roll to starboard from which he appeared to go into a spin and hit the sea. The aircraft exploded on impact and the petrol on sea burned for awhile. Aircraft deemed to have sustained a high speed stall. Accident occurred over Irish Sea at 11:10 hrs. 14/02/1944 .
Crew:
F/Lt (J/4815) William Ernest CULCHETH (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/16333) Earl Frederick MORTON (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 60 OTU RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2014 05:27 | Nepa | Added |
| 03-Jun-2014 18:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jun-2014 18:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 17:27 | Tailor | Updated [Date, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 20:08 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2021 22:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2021 22:00 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2023 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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