ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165122
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| Date: | Monday 27 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MT472 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito MT472: Broke up in air recovering from dive on air test over RAF Castle Camps 27/11/1944
Towards the end of the afternoon, we witnessed a tragic accident. Pilot F/L Marshall DFC DFM and his navigator F/O Allen having completed their "NFT" were carrying out a "Beat-up." They dived over B Flight at great speed and pulled up sharply. Immediately, vapour trails appeared at the wingtips and then there was a loud bang and we saw that both wings had broken off outboard of the engines. The remainder of the aircraft continued to climb under great impetus to about 1500 feet where it turned over and crashed on the ground and exploded.
Crew:
F/Lt (47124) Alfred Ernest MARSHALL DFC DFM (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (149.496) Charles Arnold ALLEN (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2014 15:17 | Nepa | Added |
| 26-Jul-2014 16:14 | Jixn | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2014 21:28 | yarbi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 09:53 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2020 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Feb-2022 10:28 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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