NS748

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)' media-378760.jpg FRE 584 Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill Carter. The aircraft made a "ground loop" at Watton, UK on 19 April 1945.

Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)' Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 584 - Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill...

Ground looped. USAAF Sta 376 / former RAF Watton, 19/4/45. John Merrill Carter (pilot) USAAF. Written off Damaged Beyond Repair.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944.

Crashed

19 April 1945 Ground looped. John Merrill Carter (pilot) USAAF. USAAF Sta 376 / former RAF Watton.

Other

Written off DBR

19 April 1945 Written off Damaged Beyond Repair.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

USAAF Photo / Production list / www.mossie.org / ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104793.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

USAAF Photo / Production list / www.mossie.org / ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104793.

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