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Date: | Wednesday 11 October 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
Owner/operator: | 618 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DZ543 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | hills near Bransdale, Helmsley, North Yorkshire Moors, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | RAF Beccles, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Turnberry, Ayrshire |
Narrative:Mosquito DZ543/G: Took off for transit flight. Flew into Bransdale, Helmsley, North Yorkshire. 11/10/1944.
The pilot was flying in low cloud using his instruments, he climbed to avoid the high ground he was heading towards. It is thought that he only noticed the ground at the last minute and pulled up sharply, control was then lost and the aircraft struck the ground on the down side of the hill just after midday killing both crew. The aircraft was on a flight which was secret at the time, it was carrying " Highball", a smaller version of the bouncing bomb which was intended for use on shipping.
Crew:
P/O (186.495) Alfred Robert William MILNE ( pilot) - killed
W/O (1323395) Eric Alan STUBBS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/44/dz543.html
3.https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/19896932.remains-two-pilots-killed-1944-ryedale-reunited-families/
4.ORB 618 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
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20-Jan-2010 02:40 |
NePa |
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21-Dec-2011 11:45 |
nepa |
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13-Jul-2014 11:55 |
J.Paco |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
13-Apr-2015 18:06 |
Lixon |
Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
29-Aug-2015 14:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
21-May-2021 11:19 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
30-Nov-2021 23:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Feb-2022 14:37 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Source] |
04-Feb-2022 14:37 |
gerard57 |
Updated [[Source]] |
05-Feb-2022 21:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |