Absturz einer de Havilland Hornet bei Köln - wer weiß mehr?

[Kenneth]

Ein britischer Enthusiast, der in mühevoller Kleinarbeit das Cockpit einer Hornet baut, sucht Details zu diesem Unfall, der bei einer Ortschaft nordöstlich von Köln in 1950 stattgefunden haben soll. Wo genau war es, wurde die Absturzsstelle ausgegraben und von wem?

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Vielen Dank im Voraus!

 

[Windy]

Crash of a De Havilland 'Hornet' near Cologne

I have received this reply via our Air-Britain Information Exchange:

> Per Colin Cummings "Last Take-Off", a possibility must be PX388
> [a D.H. 103 'Hornet' F. Mk.3] of No. 65 Squadron struck ground
> in low cloud during a low-level navigation exercise near Remscheid
> [40 km north-east of Cologne] on 17.01.1950.
>
> Regards
>
> Malcolm Fillmore
> (Air-Britain Historians)

Additional notes:

No. 65 (East India) Squadron:
... then in July 1946 the squadron began to receive 'Hornet' long-range
fighters and the following month [August 1946] it moved [from Norfolk] to
its peacetime base at Linton-on-Ouse. 'Meteor' F. Mk.4s began to arrive in
December 1950 and conversion was complete by April 1951 ...

Motto: Vi Et Armis (By force of arms)

Sources:
<http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn061-65.htm>,
<http://www.rafweb.org/SqnMark065.htm>
<http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt>

Greetings from Aachen!