ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165676
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| Date: | Thursday 28 June 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF582 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pauktaw, Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinmagan, Burma |
Mosquito RF582: Return to base. 28/06/1945
Departed Akyab, Burman, c11:50 after the pilot, flying solo, had arrived the previous day to farewell friends prior to leaving Burma for a posting in Britain to take up training duties.
RF582 failed to arrive back at base and a week-long search failed to locate any sign of it.
Some time late scattered wreckage was located in the Pauktaw-Kwegu River area about 50 miles east of Akyab, the Mosquito apparently disintegrated in mid-air. No trace of the pilot was found and he is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
The accident report noted that because of its poor fabric condition, RF582 was not to be flown on operations,
Crew:
S/Ldr (NZ402909) Ira Allison SUTHERLAND DFC (pilot) RNZAF - killed
Sutherland's navigator F/Lt S.T. TAVERNER - not on this non-operational flight.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Ira Allison Sutherland Flying Log Book
3.ORB 110 Sqdn RAF
4. For Your Tomorrow. Errol W Martyn: vol 3 p350
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2014 15:47 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Apr-2014 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 23-Oct-2014 10:32 | QQ3 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2015 12:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2016 06:32 | Kiwijohn | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2018 13:08 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-May-2019 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2022 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2024 09:19 | Antonio | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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