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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 157 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4099 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Radwinter, Essex, near RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito W4099: Took off for training flight /low flying exercise. 12/12/1942
A/c hit a tree on low training flying on an RAF Regiment Co-op exercise. Flew into ground at Radwinter Essex.
Crew:
S/Ldr (36225) Glyn ASHFIELD DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (124.916) Douglas David BEALE (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 157 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2009 12:49 | NePa | Added |
| 29-Dec-2009 00:09 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2012 03:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2014 12:58 | K.Kraus | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2014 22:02 | Siczak | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-Apr-2016 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2019 12:25 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Oct-2021 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Jun-2022 18:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jul-2022 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Sep-2022 20:56 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator, ] |
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