| 1655 MTU | 13/08/1944 | Training | KB269 | Mosquito XX | T/o 2230 Warboysfor a high level night cross country. While flying at 25,000 feet, flicked over and within seconds the Mosquito had gone into a flat spin, with the control locked hard back. Abandoned circa 0100 and left to crash at Egton, 6miles SW of Whitby, Yorkshire. F/L Kimpton was posted on 27 September 1944, to 31 Base at Stradishall, without completing his course. (Ed - Two aircraft in 5 days was a bit much?) |