ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70890
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 60 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DD795 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Corserine, hill near New Galloway Ayrshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF High Ercall, Shropshire |
Mosquito DD795: Took off for night training flight /cross country exercise. 21/01/1944
Flew into hill near New Galloway Ayrshire.
The two crew were both trainees of 9 Course at 60 OTU which was stationed at RAF High Ercall in Shropshire. During the night of the 20th / 21st January 1944 they were detailed to carry out a night cross country flight from RAF High Ercall. Once the aircraft had left it was not seen again until the wreckage was found nearly a month later on the 11th February on the south eastern side of Corserine close to the Scar of the Folk.
A team of 50 airmen from No.1 AOS at Wigtown set out on the 12th to recover the bodies of the two crew. It was likely that the crash occurred while the aircraft was on its north bound leg, there was a a brief but extensive fire and the wreck was soon covered by snow, hence why it was a while before the wreck was located. An air search was carried out the day after it disappeared by 4 aircraft from 60 OTU following the same briefed route.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1503624) Kenneth MITCHELL (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1334222) John Jeffrey AYLOTT (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.the Peak District Air Accident Research
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
3.http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/dh-mosquito_corserine.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2010 00:24 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Jan-2011 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2014 21:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2014 17:06 | Xindel | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2016 20:14 | Froome | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2019 21:33 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2019 15:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Aug-2023 14:50 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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