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Date: | Friday 11 January 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
Registration: | RF970 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ireland Farm, 1 mile east of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RF970: Took off for training flight. 11/01/1946.
Believed control lost with engine problem at high altitude. Broke up in flight due to the airframe being overstressed while recovering from the high-speed dive. Dived into ground at Ireland Farm, one mile east of Billinghay, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1587819) David McLaren MacLEAN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1685185) Alan ASHWORTH (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Full Description
A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI crashed in the area around Irelands Farm, to the north-east of North Kyme, on the 10th of January 1946. The aircraft was designated RF970, and was flying on a training flight from RAF Mount Farm in Oxfordshire to RAF Coningsby. The aircraft was pulling out of a high-speed dive when it broke up in the air. Both crew members were killed in the incident. The crash site was confirmed in early 2013, after a metal detecting survey revealed an area of magnetic anomalies in this location.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 8 (C) OTU RAF
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100346
4.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578162 5.
https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI115766 6. Aviation Archaeologist Series No.3 Issue No.16:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/aviation-archaeologist-magazine?srs=Series%20No.3&issue=16 7.
https://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1946 8. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.93:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 9. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2709655/david-mclaren-maclean/ 10. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2699856/alan-ashworth/ 11. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
12. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.30
13. SLI16149 Unpublished Document: Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group. 2013. Project Design for the Proposed Excavation of de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI RF970, North Kyme
14. SLI14836 Report: Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group. 2014. Report on the Excavation of de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI, RF970
15. SLI16150 Unpublished Document: Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group. 2014. Report of Items Removed Under Licence from Aircraft Crash Site, de Havilland Mosquito, North Kyme
Revision history:
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Nepa |
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17-Sep-2014 19:45 |
wilbur |
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29-Aug-2015 11:42 |
Nepa |
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01-Apr-2016 18:28 |
Wilbur |
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14-May-2019 07:22 |
Nepa |
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03-Nov-2019 03:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
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04-Nov-2019 14:10 |
Nepa |
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21-Nov-2019 00:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
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