ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142255
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 13:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX864 |
| MSN: | EG-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - sea off Dutch coast. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, North Norfolk |
Mosquito HX864/E: Took off at 12:10 hrs for attacks on rail and transport targets in NW Germany. 04/12/1943
Low cloud and fog were encountered off the Dutch coast, forcing abandonement of the sortie. The Mosquito was last seen in a skidding dive at position 5331N:0624E at 13:25 hrs. Presumed to have crashed into the sea. Missing in fog off Dutch coast
Crew:
P/O (168.679) Kenneth John COATES (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (NZ413459) Colin Bruce MUIR (nav.) RNZAF - 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
| 5 July 1944 | HX917 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Donnemain-St-Mamès, 4km north-west of Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir. |  |
w/o |
| 17 September 1944 | NS979 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland. | |
w/o |
| 31 October 1944 | PZ332 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England |  |
min |
| 7 April 1945 | SZ990 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Advanced Landing Ground B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, Picardy region. | |
w/o |
| 25 April 1945 | PZ332 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Soltau, Niedersachsen. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2012 05:15 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Jul-2012 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2018 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2021 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 10:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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