NS568

A Mosquito (serial number NS-568) of the 25th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Riggins. Mosquito. 25BG?' media-401635.jpg FRE 3313 A Mosquito (serial number NS-568) of the 25th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Riggins. Mosquito. 25BG?' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 3313 - A Mosquito (serial number NS-568) of the 25th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Riggins. Mosquito. 25BG?'

Crash Landing - 2 miles West of RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk, 6-Nov-44 returning from a night mission to Cologne - 1st Lt Otto E Kaellner (pilot) KIA, Edwin R Cerutti (observer) - WIA. Struck Off Charge 30-Dec-44.



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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

People

Edwin R Cerutti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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

Places

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

North Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37, UK 6 November 1944 Crash Landing - 2m W of RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk, 6-Nov-44 returning from a night mission to Cologne - 1st Lt Otto E Kaellner (pilot) KIA, Edwin R Cerutti (obs) - WIA.

Other

Written Off DBR

6 November 1944 Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair.

Other

Struck Off Charge

30 December 1945 Struck Off Charge 30-Dec-44

Revisions

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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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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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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Production list / mossie.org / http://aviation-safety.net / http://www.aviationarchaeology.com

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A Mosquito (serial number NS-568) of the 25th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Riggins. Mosquito. 25BG?'

Object number: FRE 3313 - A Mosquito (serial number NS-568) of the 25th Bomb...