Recovery of Mosquito KB224 with a twist

If the aircraft was intact, on hitting the ground, how do you account for the fact that KB224 is recorded as losing a wing in a violent turn, after control was lost?
Is there an engine serial number on the remains of the Merlin? It will be a six or seven number preceded by a letter A, but I expect you knew that. It is mentioned to give the information to other readers to this forum.

Obviously have no idea why it got deleted, but back on track my two questions related to the crew of this aircraft and their identities. There seems a bit of a puzzle over this crash. I see from letters from the late Al Brown and Peter Foote that the site was first dug some 20 years ago when two parachutes were found. So, obviously the crew died. Hence your memorial idea I suppose. However, Peter and Al seemed to think another aircraft was involved nearby where the crew survived. Could there be some confusion between aeroplanes here and would this explain the bomb that shouldnt have been there?

Spot on Andy, the site was investigated in 1972 i believe with the recovery of two parachutes, a reminder off the sad loss of the crew plus an unknown quanity of parts unknown. After a site survey it was beleaved large qualities of the aircraft remained buried from the magnetometer readings and permissons for a recovery was aranged

As you are all well aware records are not aways 100% reliable especially during the war years which has been found out before on digs, the aircraft from the finds would appear to be almost intact on hitting the ground as both wing ballest & rudder weight was found during the recovery in the right locations, however we did find a molten metal oxygen regulator with conector,so possible o2 failure/fire in flight at high alt if i had a guess.

Obviously have no idea why it got deleted, but back on track my two questions related to the crew of this aircraft and their identities. There seems a bit of a puzzle over this crash. I see from letters from the late Al Brown and Peter Foote that the site was first dug some 20 years ago when two parachutes were found. So, obviously the crew died. Hence your memorial idea I suppose. However, Peter and Al seemed to think another aircraft was involved nearby where the crew survived. Could there be some confusion between aeroplanes here and would this explain the bomb that shouldnt have been there?

Its possible i suppose but there was only one engine and one U/C leg which seems to match what they recovered ie one engine and one leg and so would tally up for one aircraft. Do you know what they recovered and why they left so much behind. Fighter Ace is more qualified to answer I only take the pictures.

Obviously have no idea why it got deleted, but back on track my two questions related to the crew of this aircraft and their identities. There seems a bit of a puzzle over this crash. I see from letters from the late Al Brown and Peter Foote that the site was first dug some 20 years ago when two parachutes were found. So, obviously the crew died. Hence your memorial idea I suppose. However, Peter and Al seemed to think another aircraft was involved nearby where the crew survived. Could there be some confusion between aeroplanes here and would this explain the bomb that shouldnt have been there?

Like it or not the link is workable……..

http://www.spitfirespares.com/SpitfireSpares.com/Pages/Mosquito.html

John.