Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI LR331,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70097
 
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Date:Tuesday 4 January 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:487 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: LR331
MSN: EG-W
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais. -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito LR331/W: Took off at 09:20 hrs for attack against a V1 ramps. 04/01/1944.
It is thought the aircraft crashed over North sea during its return. Last seen in the target area, apparently under normal control, and was assumed to have come down in the sea. The RCAF navigator’s body washed ashore on the 7th at Plage-St Cécile, about 16km north of Berck-sur-Mer.
Crew:
F/Sgt (NZ415181) Hugh BAIRD (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (J/21710) John Frederick PARKER (nav) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Nov-2009 02:08 NePa Added
14-Mar-2010 22:08 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Mar-2010 11:30 Anon. Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-May-2010 22:21 angels one five Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2010 22:23 angels one five Updated [Source]
26-Oct-2010 16:40 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
10-Oct-2011 04:36 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
05-Jun-2014 14:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Sep-2014 09:50 James JUMP Updated [Narrative]
14-Oct-2014 07:39 Charlie Harper Updated [Location]
04-Aug-2015 15:50 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
04-Feb-2019 19:41 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 09:54 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage]
30-Aug-2021 09:50 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Operator]
09-Dec-2021 17:55 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Apr-2022 06:58 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
25-Apr-2022 22:11 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Operator]

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