Date:	Sunday 22 October 1944
Time:	21:23
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	571 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PF395
MSN:	8K-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dean Rocks, Saddleworth Moor, Peak District, Lancashire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito PF395/K: Took off at 16:56 hrs for bombing mission over Hamburg. 22/10/1944
Had successfully completed their raid on Hamburg and were returning to RAF Oakington near Cambridge when the port engine failed due to a cylinder head gasket failure. The port engine drove much of the electrical and hydraulic equipment on the aircraft and as such the crew lost to use of their radio which was needed to safely guide the aircraft home. The crew ended up flying across England and were seen flying in the area near Oldham before flying into high ground above Dovestones Reservoir. Crashed at 21:23 hrs. 22/10/1944
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Douglas Scotland RAFVR 147351 [Killed] (NCO:1376254 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 July, 1943)
Navigator : Sergeant Humphrey Rupert Cruse Soan RAFVR 1398223 [Killed]

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 571 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash.sites/peak-district/de-havilland-mosquito-pf395.dean-rocks
5.https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasujoba44/4672448092/in/set-7215762416750136

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

29 September 1944	PF395	571 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		min
2 October 1944	PF395	571 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		min
8 November 1944	ML963	571 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		min

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Apr-2008 12:16	Nepa	Added
18-Feb-2010 11:39	NePa	Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
23-Aug-2013 16:04	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2013 19:13	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source]
06-Oct-2013 08:16	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
26-Jul-2014 14:18	Jixn	Updated [Departure airport]
18-Sep-2014 19:33	SIS07	Updated [Location]
31-Aug-2015 13:50	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
09-Oct-2015 14:34	MiG17	Updated [Cn, Source]
21-Nov-2021 11:00	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Nov-2021 11:03	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Jan-2022 18:39	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2023 06:36	Rob Davis	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
05-Nov-2023 21:37	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]