ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159687
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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1945 |
| Time: | 11:21 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 571 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PF387 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF stn Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Cottenham, Cambridgeshire |
The port engine failed shortly after take-off and the crew turned back but overshot the runway and crashed 11:21 at Burgess Field, Second Cuckoo Gove near Cottenham, 6 miles north of Cambridge. Both buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. They had arrived on the squadron five days earlier, from 16 OTU. This aircraft had arrived on 571 Sqdn on 12 Jul 44 and had completed 74 operational sorties.
Crew:-
P/O (185912) Arthur Frederick CEELEY (pilot) RAFVR - Killed (NCO:1391013 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 November, 1944)
F/O (J/45422) William Ernest Hugh O'BRYAN (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=571
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
AM Form 78 for PF387
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2013 19:03 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Sep-2013 11:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2013 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Mar-2014 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2014 20:36 | T.Taylor | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2014 20:37 | T.Taylor | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Sep-2015 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport] |
| 09-Mar-2019 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2021 12:05 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2022 06:46 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 19-Mar-2024 07:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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