NS590

Take Off Accident - RAF Watton, 27/8/44 - Minor damage - 1st Lt Otto E Kaellner (pilot). Landing Accident - RAF Watton, 7/12/44 - Minor damage - John M Carter (pilot). Landing Accident - RAF Watton, 5/5/45 - Cat 3 Damage - Lyndon F Lakeman (Pilot). Struck Off Charge 04/9/47.

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Units served with

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

654th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

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.)'

John Merril Carter

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

Otto E Kaellner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-801992
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Lyndon Francis Lakeman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11083425 / O-?
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

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	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	27 August 1944	Minor damage - Take Off Accident - RAF Watton - Otto E Kaellner (pilot).
Crashed	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	7 December 1944	Minor damage - Landing Accident - RAF Watton -John M Carter (pilot).
Crashed	Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK	5 May 1945	Cat 3 Damage - Landing Accident - RAF Watton - Lyndon F Lakeman (Pilot).
Other Struck Off Charge		4 September 1947	Struck Off Charge 04/09/1947.

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Date20 May 2022 17:24:29

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Date26 Nov 2018 16:48:38

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Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.

A photograph of the 7 December 1944 accident is on page 147, Norman Malayney, " The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.

Date23 Nov 2018 02:00:58

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Norman Malayney, " The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers, 2011.

Date19 Jun 2015 13:43:06

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Date19 Jun 2015 13:41:46

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Date30 Dec 2014 17:58:57

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