ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71364
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 December 1942 |
| Time: | 17:34 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ358 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Halle and Ninove, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito DZ358: Ran out of fuel and abandoned returning from Vienna. 08/12/1942.
Mosquito was returning from a PR mission to Salzburg when the starboard engine overheated (due to a coolant leak) and had to be shut down. The aircraft flew on one engine as far as Belgium where the navigator bailed out near Halle, SW of Brussels. The pilot abandoned the aircraft shortly afterwards, Mosquito DZ358 probably crashing somewhere between Halle and Ninove. W/O Hope managed to reach Enghien where he caught a train to Brussels before being captured at the Spanish Frontier a month later.
Crew:
P/O (NZ411424) Frederick W. McKAY (pilot) RNZAF - POW
W/O (995562) Stanley Forster HOPE (nav) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.evasioncomete.org/fhopesf.html
3. ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
4. WO 344/203/1 (War Office: Directorate of Military Intelligence: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires - MACKAIL - MCKAY)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2010 09:17 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Feb-2011 09:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 10:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2014 11:28 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2014 14:22 | Anthony G. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 10:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 06-Apr-2016 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2018 06:51 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-May-2019 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 21-Jan-2021 15:36 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 21-Jan-2021 15:37 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2021 10:46 | Froome | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 14:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 07-Oct-2021 21:21 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Oct-2022 07:20 | Richard | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2022 09:12 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2022 07:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Jun-2023 20:32 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
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