ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142323
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX938 |
| MSN: | EG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ertveldesteenweg, Assenede, East Flanders. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito HX938: Took off at 11:10 hrs for operation to the aircraft engine factory at Woippy (F). 09/10/1943
When flying low over the village of Oosteeklo, the aircraft accidently dropped some bombs and crashed,
with 30 deaths as a result. The unlucky crew bailed out just in time, surviving the accident.
This is possibly another example of inadvertant release due to the close proximity of bomb release to intercom button.
Crew:
S/Ldr (43339) Walter Frederick WALLINGTON DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok escaped
P/O (159.696) James Henry FAWDRY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RNZAF
3.https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/mosquito-drama-bij-oosteeklo
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1944 | LR299 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Gravesend, Kent, England |  |
non |
| 9 September 1944 | LR299 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2012 03:28 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Apr-2014 15:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 18:54 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2018 14:54 | Nepa | Updated [Date] |
| 06-Oct-2018 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2021 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Mar-2024 06:24 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
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