ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122102
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX949 |
| MSN: | EG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moustier-sur-Sambre, Namur. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito HX949/A: Took off for night intruder mission to the airfield St.Trond in Belgium at that time the homebase of II./NJG 1. 26/02/1944
Missing. Crashed at Moustier-sur-Sambre at about 21:00 hrs and destroyed 7 houses in this city.
One civilian occupant was killed and 5 wounded.
Crew:
F/O (J/14137) Eugene Herman BARBET (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (152.847) Peter Roy MITCHELL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RNZAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | NS828 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Elmham, near RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 21 March 1945 | PZ402 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Fersfield, 16 miles southwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2011 09:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 13:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 12:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 19:09 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2021 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 03:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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