Date:	Wednesday 16 February 1944
Time:	12:15
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	1409 Met Flt RAF
Registration:	ML928
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:	RAF Wyton

Narrative:
Mosquito ML928: Crashed in circuit in bad visibility after aborting met sortie RAF Wyton. 16/02/1944
Took off at 11:45 hrs. on PAMPA (long-range meteorological sortie) mission. After 20 minutes into the sortie the pilot called that he was returning to base. During the circuit at low level he made a further two circuits of the airfield before crashing heavily at 12:15 hrs. and burst into flames.
Personnel from 83 Sqn rushed to the scene and managed to pull both crew out of the aircraft. It is thought that visibility was poor that day which caused the pilot to turn back to RAF Wyton.
Both crew members were taken to the R.A.F. hospital at Ely where they died the next day from their burns.
Crew:
F/O (141455) Arthur William POWELL-WIFFEN (pilot) RAFVR: killed (NCO:740778 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 April, 1943)
P/O (169692) Harry ASHWORTH DFM (nav.) RAFVR: killed (NCO:1142123 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 February, 1944)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=1409%20Flt
3.ORB 1409 Flt RAF
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2012 05:16	Nepa	Added
08-Jun-2014 08:31	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Aug-2014 17:00	Cliford	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
16-Jan-2015 07:00	Comet123	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
08-Aug-2015 11:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
07-Apr-2019 12:29	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
06-Oct-2021 18:12	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 10:17	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 20:39	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:32	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]