ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17640
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| Date: | Saturday 2 October 1943 |
| Time: | 16:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HJ713 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shipton Thorpe, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire |
Mosquito HJ713: Took off at 15:00hrs for a Night Flying Test combined with a camera gun exercise with another Mossie (25 Sqn). 02/10/1943
This crew were also detailed to carry out A/A firing before landing.
The weather was good and by 16:00hrs both Mosquito HJ713 and also Mosquito DD738 were carrying out the camera gunnery part of the flight. This involved one aircraft acting as a target aircraft and the other aircraft would chase it from behind as close as possible making simulated gun attacks on it but with the gun camera running. At 16:05hrs Mosquito DD738 struck Mosquito HJ713 from behind while the aircraft were flying at around 7,000 feet. Mosquito DD738 had got too close to the rear of Mosquito HJ713 in the chase, the slipstream of the lead aircraft had effected control of the chasing aircraft which caused both aircraft to collide and crash. Both aircraft initially became locked together and control was lost.
Before crashing they seperated but both crashed near a railwayline off Red House Lane, between Shiptonthorpe and Market Weighton. 02/10/1943
Crew:
P/O (J/17904) Thomas Patrick QUINN (pilot) RCAF - Killed HJ713
F/Sgt (1585185) Stanley Albert CARTER (pilot) RAFVR - Killed HJ713
and
Sgt (953382) Herbert Anthony HAY (pilot) RAFVR - Killed DD738
Sgt (1681770) John Cosson SCAMMELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed DD738
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/hj713.html
3.ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2008 10:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Dec-2009 10:06 | NePa | Updated |
| 01-Feb-2010 22:55 | NePa | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 12:41 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2013 03:19 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2013 12:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2014 12:42 | Jixon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 03-Aug-2015 08:09 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2016 14:40 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2017 16:20 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2018 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2018 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 05:40 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-May-2021 11:08 | Yelush | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Jul-2021 17:59 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 22:04 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2022 22:22 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2022 22:28 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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