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Date: | Monday 13 December 1948 |
Time: | 22:00 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 |
Owner/operator: | 228 OCU RAF |
Registration: | RL197 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Great Whernside, 1 mile east of Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Leeming |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Mosquito RL197: Took off for a Training navigation flight /Cross-country NAVEX exercise. 13/12/1948.
It is believed that on the return leg of their route, the crew had drifted off course slightly and encountered deteriorating weather conditions over the North of England. Flying in dense cloud the crew apparently allowed their aircraft to descend to approx. 2,000 feet and with the 2,300-foot mass of Great Whernside now directly in their path the result was inevitable. At approx. 22:00 hrs the aircraft struck the West face of Great Whernside at cruising speed, bursting in to flames on impact and scattering parts over a wide area 1 mile East of Kettlewell, North Yorkshire. It was not until late the following day that a local shepherd made the grim discovery ending a nation-wide search for the missing aircraft.
Crew:
P/O (3031532) Anthony Guy BULLEY (pilot) RAF: killed
F/Lt (165418) Brian Orlando BRIDGMAN (nav.) RAF: killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3. Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles.
4. ORB 228 OCU RAF : National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1634:
5.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101344 6.
http://laituk.org/Mosquito%20RL197.htm 5.
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/rl197.html 6.
https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/pennines/de-havilland-mosquito-rl197. 7.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4690879 8.
https://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2015/04/de-havilland-mosquito-nf36-rl197-and.html 9.
https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-crash-sites-5/mosquito-rl197-great-whernside-2/ 10. Aviation Archaeologist Series No.3 Issue No.13 (Winter 2014):
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/aviation-archaeologist-magazine?srs=Series%20No.3&issue=13 11.
http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/North%20Yorkshire/Great%20Whenside.html 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Whernside Revision history:
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