On the 10th of January 1946 the crew on board this Mosquito were undertaking a night time training flight over Northern England. Two and a half hours into the flight at 20,00hrs the aircraft flew into high ground at 1,900 feet ASL to the west of Keld killing the two crew. The wreckage was spread over a wide area.
Pilot - F/Lt Thomas A Roskilly RAFVR 136211, aged 23, of Tavistock, Devon. Buried Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire (Sec G, row K, grave 1)
Nav - F/Sgt Sydney A Whiting RAFVR 1630314, aged 22, of Charlton. Buried Charlton Cemetery, Greenwich, London (Sec Z, 2nd Cons, Grave 329).
F/Lt Roskilly's headstone at Harrogate. He flew during the War and was converting to the Mosquito. At his death he had amassed over 1500 hours flying time. Prior to his death he had been awared the King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air.
My wife and I visited the site in October 2006, the remains of the aircraft are spread over a wide area and I still am not sure whether the crash resulted in the peices being spread out or failed recovery attempts are to blame.
The photo above shows the area close to where the aircraft crashed and the RAF buried most of what would not burn.
The photo above shows a large panel from this Mosquito by the side of a drystone wall some distance from the crash site.
This photograph shows where I believe the RAF dragged the remaining wreckage and what was not required was burnt, the area is covered with tiny fragments.
Much of what remained at the site in 1976 during one of Nick Roberts' visits (Photo R N Roberts). Some of these part have since been recovered by LAIT and are in their collection.