ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18795
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| Date: | Monday 25 October 1943 |
| Time: | 21:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
| Registration: | G-AGGG |
| MSN: | (c/n 98743) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tentsmuir, 2 miles north of RAF stn Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Mosquito G-AGGG (ex.HJ721): Take off at 19:01 hrs for a Cargo flight from Bromma Airport. 25/10/1943
They got problems with the port engine over Skagerrak after 360km flight from Bromma and continued on one engine. The plane at 21:39 hrs circuited the aerodrome at Leuchars and crashed roughly 2 miles north of RAF Leuchars at Tentsmuir. Cause of the accident was the failure of port engine. Aircraft probably undershot aerodrome on approaching to land after having flown 400 miles on a single engine.
Crew:
Capt. (N.1042) Martin HAMRE (pilot) RNoAF - killed
Kvm. (N.5852) Sverre HAUG (nav.) RNoAF - killed
Mr. Carl ROGERS (passenger /US Citizen) OSS - killed
Not a good flight for any passenger as they had to lay flat in the bomb bay some had problems with the oxygen supply. The passenger Carl Rogers may have been an escapee/interned in Sweden or may have had some other duty. The CWGC list him as a 'civilian', although it is also speculated that he could have been connected to the OSS (The US Secret Service). The first two passengers were flown in June 43. The time fits in with the transporting of those involved with the nuclear stuff.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.BOAC
3.https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGGG.pdf
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=23704
5. https://aviationtrails.wordpress.com/choose-your-trail/trail-53-scotlands-east-coast-fife/de-havilland-mosquitoes-in-boac-service/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito#Civilian_accidents_and_incidents
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Nov-2009 10:45 | NePa | Updated |
| 07-Jan-2010 09:58 | NePa | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2010 11:21 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 10-Jan-2010 23:27 | NePa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2011 07:33 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2011 15:03 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2012 11:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2013 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2014 18:48 | Next | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2015 07:49 | Fuxs | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2018 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2019 14:02 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2021 18:55 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2023 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
| 19-Aug-2023 12:52 | Nepa | Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]] |
| 24-Apr-2024 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator] |
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