ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269361
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| Date: | Saturday 12 May 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 1 TEU RAF |
| Registration: | EJ685 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vicinity of RAF Milfield, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Milfield, Northumberland |
| RAF Milfield |
Two Tempests of No.1 Tactical Exercise Unit (formerly No. 56 Operational Training Unit) crashed and were destroyed after they collided during a formation flying training exercise.
Tempest EJ685, being flown by an instructor-pilot, was struck from behind by NV759 flown by a pupil.
Flying Officer Mossing baled out of his crippled plane successfully but died later that day.
The pilot of NV759 Flight Sergeant Powell, was killed in an attempted forced landing.
Flying Officer Frederick Wallace MOSSING DFC, J/88877, RCAF is buried at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire.
Flight Sergeant Cyril Whitworth POWELL, 517172, RAF is buried at Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (Saints Cattwg and Illtyd) Churchyard, Wales.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAFWeb
RAF Commands Forum
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/26
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2021 20:31 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Nov-2021 06:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2021 11:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2022 20:09 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location] |
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