NS595

media-42771.jpeg UPL 42771 de Havilland Mosquito NS-595 after a port U/C collapse Watton 9-Mar-45.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 42771 - de Havilland Mosquito NS-595 after a port U/C collapse Watton 9-Mar-45.

Take off accident, ground looped - RAF Watton, 29/1/45 - Minor damage - Harry E Peterson (pilot). Take off accident - RAF Watton, 9/3/45 - Substantial damage - Robert B Hastle (pilot). Struck Off Charge 27/04/45.

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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

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16137293 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • 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

Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK 29 January 1945 Minor damage - Take off accident, ground looped - RAF Watton - Harry E Peterson (pilot).

Crashed

Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK 9 March 1945 Substantial damage - Take off accident - RAF Watton - Robert B Hastle (pilot).

Other

Struck Off Charge

27 April 1945 Struck Off Charge 27/04/1945.

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Moved information added by user Wattonman

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

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