Mosquito Loss - 25 January 1945

[Andy Saunders]

On 25 January 1945 a Mosquito of 25 Squadron collided with another Mosquito and crashed near Camps Hill on a practice interception. Flt Lt D L WARD DFC and Flt Lt E D EYLES DFC were killed in one Mosquito Can anyone tell me:

The serial number of this Mosquito
The serial number of the other Mosquito, its crew and its fate
Whether a photo exists of Ward and Eyles
Whether a photo exists of their Mosquito
Exactly where it crashed

Thanks

[Amrit1]

It was MT494 and MV529. And it was the 23rd, not the 25th.

Name: ARNSBY, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 25 Sqdn
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/01/1945
Service No: 89635
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Frank Warwick Arnsby, and of Alice Gertrude Arnsby, of Petts Wood, Kent.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 21.
Cemetery: SOUTH LONDON CREMATORIUM, MITCHAM

Name: REID, DOUGLAS MITCHELL
Initials: D M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 25 Sqdn
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/01/1945
Service No: 129126
Awards: D F C
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Winifred Jane Reid, of Hyndland, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. N. Grave 74.
Cemetery: NEW KILPATRICK (OR HILLFOOT) CEMETERY

[Chris Goss]

1917 hrs 23 Jan 45. MT494 (Ward) came down at MR M0662 Castle Camps whilst MV529 came down at Shudy Camps

[Andy Saunders]

Thanks, Chris and Amrit1. Yes, a typo on my part but I appreciate the extra detail.