NS744
Landing accident - RAF Manston, Kent, 9-Apr-45 - John A Carter (pilot). Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair. Struck Off Charge 17-May-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- 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-Mar-44 and 31-Dec-44. |
Crashed |
Manston Airport (MSE), Manston Road, Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5BQ, UK | 9 April 1945 | Landing accident - RAF Manston, Kent - John A Carter (pilot). |
Other Written Off DBR |
9 April 1945 | Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair. | |
Other Struck Off Charge |
17 May 1945 | Struck Off Charge 1-May-45. |
Revisions
Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.
A crash photo of NS744 appears on page 194 of Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publishers Ltd. 2011.
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII", Schiffer Publisher Ltd. 2011.
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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com