Date:	Sunday 21 January 1945
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
Owner/operator:	1 OADU RAF
Registration:	TA439
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Celtic Sea, south-west of Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	RAF Portreath, Cornwall
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TA439: (1 Overseas Aircraft Dispatch Unit) Took off for ferry flight. 21/01/1945
Crashed into Celtic Sea, SW of Isles of Scilly from 1500 feet, possibly due to icing or anoxia due to failure of the oxygen system.
Crew:
F/O (52938) Ralph Taverham WARE (pilot) RAF - killed
W/O (1330617) Edwin Joseph GOUDIE (nav.) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://rafdavidstowmoor.org/crash-log/view-1945-crash-log/
3.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2186-ralph-taverham-ware-f-o-52938
4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Feb-2010 00:47	NePa	Added
08-Feb-2010 11:00	NePa	Updated [Nature, Departure airport]
09-Feb-2011 05:30	Nepa	Updated [Source]
20-May-2014 10:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Nov-2014 10:26	INV	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
12-Sep-2015 19:46	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
23-Jan-2017 19:12	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2019 15:09	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
17-Sep-2021 20:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Oct-2022 17:59	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]