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media-6972.jpeg UPL 6972 The remains of crashed de Havilland Mosquito PR XVI WX-L of the 653rd Bombardment Squadron 25th Bombardment Group near Harrington airbase 24th October 1944. Accident happened two days prior to this picture being taken.

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Object Number - UPL 6972 - The remains of crashed de Havilland Mosquito PR XVI WX-L of the 653rd Bombardment Squadron 25th Bombardment Group near Harrington airbase 24th...

Take off accident. Malcolm J Macleod (pilot) USAAF. RAF Tangmere, Sussex, 22/10/44. Written off Damaged Beyond Repair.

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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

Malcolm James MacLeod

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32891039 / O-886133
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • 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

22 October 1944 Take off accident. Malcolm J Macleod (pilot) USAAF. RAF Tangmere, Sussex.

Other

Written off DBR

22 October 1944 Written off Damaged Beyond Repair.

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