On 30th August 1945 the pilot of this aircraft reported that his port engine was overspeeding which then caught fire. He stated
that he could not feather the engine or maintain height and then he and his navigator baled out, the pilot did so too low for his
parachute to deploy properly and was killed. The aircraft crashed near Low Forest Farmm, Kirklevington.
Pilot - F/O Peter Ernest Nolan RAFVR (153510), aged 21, of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire. Buried East Harnham, Wiltshire.
Navigator - Name unknown.
Peter Nolan received his commission on 17th September 1943 to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency) and was promoted to
F/O (war subs) six months later on 17th March 1944. Peter Nolan was to have been married on the day he was buried on 5th September 1945.
Mosquito HX824 was built to contract ACFT/555 by D.H. at Hatfield and delivered to the RAF in August 1943. It was issued to 29 Squadron based at Bradwell Bay in the same month but was immediately transferred to 464 Squadron at Sculthorpe. It served it's operational life with this unit before moving on an unknown date to 13 OTU. It was destroyed in the above crash, with Cat.E2/FA(burnt) damage being recorded.