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Date: | Monday 28 January 1946 |
Time: | 19:45 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MM121 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF stn Spilsby, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito MM121: Took off for Training flight over Lincolnshire. 28/01/1946
Lost in bad weather and approaching darkness during a flying training sortie. When fuel ran low the aircraft was abandoned by the pilot at 8000 feet, but the navigator died when the aircraft crashed near RAF Spilsby, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire.
Crew:
F/Lt (169010) William MacLEOD DFM (pilot) RAF: bailed out /OK
F/Lt (161583) Arthur Anthony HARVEY (nav.) RAFVR: killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. ORB 109 Sqn RAF for the period 1-6-1945 to 31-12-1948: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2449/1
3.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421164 4. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.29. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.49
6. RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 7.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php 8.
http://www.mossie.org/squadrons/109_squadron.htm 9. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2651162/arthur-anthony-harvey/ 10.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32378911/arthur-harvey 11.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=19623 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._109_Squadron_RAF#History 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Spilsby#Later_in_the_war Revision history:
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