Date:	Friday 29 June 1945
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	211 Sqn RAF
Registration:	HR554
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	38
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kogilu village, about 1 km east of Yelahanka railway station. -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Yelahanka, Bengalúru
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquit HR554: Took off for fighter affiliation exercise at 30miles west of Kolar 29/06/1945
The pilot lost control during a Spitfire affiliation exercise and crashed into a Kogilu village. Crew both died instantly. By awful chance the crash occurred on the day of a local festival and 38 villagers also died in the resulting explosion and fire which destroyed several buildings.
Crew:
W/O (1432334) Geoffray LOWCOCK (1.pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1575737) William WILKES (2.pilot) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://users.cyberone.com.au/clardo/de_havilland_mosquito.html
3.https://www.vayuaerospace.in/Issue/vayu-issue-Vayu-Issue-II-Mar-Apr-2017.pdf Pp 62-64
4.ORB 211 Sqdn RAF

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