NS651 Woodpeckers Delight

A crashed Mosquito (serial number NS651) of the 25th Bomb Group at Watton, 5 March 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-75-4-25)(5-3-45XMOS.651-CRASH.(REST.)' media-378762.jpg FRE 586 A crashed Mosquito (serial number NS651) of the 25th Bomb Group/654th Bomb Squadron at Watton, 5 March 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-75-4-25)(5-3-45XMOS.651-CRASH.(REST.)' Additional info : Freeman's "The Mighty Eight War Diary" for 5 March 1945 : “25BG despatched 3 Mosquitoes “chaff” dispensing for bombers, 1 Mosquito as 2AD monitor (aborted) and 5 Mosquitoes on WR Continent/UK” Mosquito XVI Serial NS651 was piloted by Lt James C. EVANS. Take-off accident. Roger Freeman Collection

Research on crash and pilot.
Aviation accidents UK for March 1945
Freeman's "The Mighty Eight War Diary"

Object Number - FRE 586 - A crashed Mosquito (serial number NS651) of the 25th Bomb Group/654th Bomb Squadron at Watton, 5 March 1945. Official caption printed on image:...

Crashed at USAAF Station 376 former RAF Watton, Suffered undercarriage collapse, 5-Mar-45. Struck Off Charge, 1-Nov-46.

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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.'

25th Bomb Group

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

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Events

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Crashed

Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK 5 March 1945 Mosquito NS651 of the 25th Bomb Group crashed at USAAF Station 376 former RAF Watton.

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Struck Off Charge SOC

1 November 1946 Struck Off Charge.

Revisions

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USAAF Photo.

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

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USAAF Photo.

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USAAF Photo.

NS651: Gallery (2 items)

A crashed Mosquito (serial number NS651) of the 25th Bomb Group at Watton, 5 March 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-75-4-25)(5-3-45XMOS.651-CRASH.(REST.)'

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