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Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. The pilot was Lt John Merrill Carter. The aircraft made a "ground loop" at Watton, UK on 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'

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Units

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

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

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Mission

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Roger Freeman Photo.

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ContributorED-BB
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Research on crash and pilot.
Accident reports for April 1945 in the UK.
Freeman "The Mighty Eighth War Diary"

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ContributorWattonman
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

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

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

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ContributorEmily
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Moved information added by user Wattonman from biography to source message.

Freeman “The Mighty Eighth War Diary” : “25BG dispatched 1 Mosquito on experimental navigation flight for night PR"

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman Photo.

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ContributorAAM
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection