ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166636
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| Date: | 05-JAN-1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35 |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Squadron Royal Air Force (109 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | VP199 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Mickle Fell, Co.Durham, North Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito VP199: Took off at 11:17 hrs on an unusual mission-to carry out research into cosmic rays. 05/01/1950
Flight routing Coningsby-Cape Wrath-Dalcross-Dundee-Coningsby. Estimated Time of Return of 15:17 hrs. Last radio report from the aircraft was "off northern Scotland" (Presumably Cape Wrath, as per intended route). Missing /destroied when flew into a hillside in cloud at Mickle Fell, near Middletonin-Teesdale, County Durham. No trace of its wreckage has ever been found.
Crew:
F/O (58766) John Frederick NYFFELER (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (200966) Kenneth John Alan HARRIS (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983.
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421165
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2014 13:34 | Nepa | Added |
| 16-Sep-2014 20:39 | Xindel X | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Apr-2015 20:35 | Xindel X | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 05:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Apr-2016 18:28 | Comet123 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2017 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2018 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Sep-2020 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2021 18:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 20:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 20:06 | Iwosch | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Mar-2022 23:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
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