Operation: Training flight.
Date: 7th May 1944 (Sunday)
Unit: 627 Squadron
Type: Mosquito FB IV
Serial: DZ422
Code: AZ:D
Base: RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Location: Woodhall Spa
Pilot: Flt.Lt. Thomas Leslie Hogg DFC. 42310 RAFVR Age 29. Killed
Nav: Flt.Lt. Ronald Woodhouse 46300 RAFVR Age 30. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was engaged on a training flight. Single-engined approach at Woodhall Spa aerodrome but crashed near bomb dump - killing both crew members.
Flt.Lt. Ronald Woodhouse and right Botley Cemetery
Burial detail:
Flt.Lt. Thomas Hogg DFC. Kirk Onchan (St.Peter Churchyard).Grave 136. Son of Theophilus Clague Hogg and Catherine Anna Hogg, of Onchan, Isle of Man.
DFC awarded whilst with 11 Sqn, gazetted 7th April 1942.
Flt.Lt. Ronald Woodhouse. Botley Cemetery. Plot I/2. Grave 221. Husband of Freda Woodhouse, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England.
Researched for relatives of this crew with thanks to sources as quoted below (Jul 2017). Updated by Aircrew Remembered (Nov 2020).
RS 07.11.2020 - Addition of DFC award information
KTY 01.07.2015 Format updated/Map
RS 07.11.2020 - Addition of DFC award information
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