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A DeHavilland Mosquito B35 converted to TT35 specification and registered TA686 lost power on take-off and crashed into a wood in Schleswig on 17th October 1957. It appears the young pilot, Masterson, had forgotten  the fuel tank changeover cocks. He was killed in the crash.

This was one of three known crashes of Mosquitos at RAF Schleswigland during the British time at the base.

Other crashes: TA669  TK599  VP351  RS717

 

Photographs from the collections of Tony Blackburn & Frank Brooks

 

   Copyright © 2008 Peter Pickering. RAF Schleswigland