Date:	Tuesday 17 August 1943
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk VI
Owner/operator:	British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
Registration:	G-AGGF
MSN:	c/n 98742
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Easter Balloch Hill, Glenlee, Invermark, Angus, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Destination airport:	Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden

Narrative:
Mosquito G-AGGF (ex.HJ720): Took off at 20:15 hrs for Cargo flight, flying to Bromma Airport, Stockholm. 17/08/1943
After take-off at 21:05 hrs he radioed that he was returning to RAF Leuchars, but no reason was given. Last wireless contact at 21:36 hrs. No more was heard. The aircraft crashed when on approach to RAF Leuchars. Gamekeeper on 8 September found wreckage in Glen Esk. The aircraft had hit a mountain at 2,500 feet on approach in bad weather, and had become BOAC first Mosquito loss.
Crew:
Capt. Louis Alfred WILKINS (pilot) BOAC - killed
F/Sgt (1111883) Harold BEAUMONT (obs.) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/de-havilland.pdf
3.CWGC
4.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11614-430817-Unaccounted-airmen-17-8-1943
5.https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGGF.pdf
6.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11614-430817-Unaccounted-airmen-17-8-1943
7.https://geodata.us/uk_maps/map.php?id=80322

Easter Balloch, Glen Lee. GR NO 347809 18 Nov 2012

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
23-Nov-2009 10:45	NePa	Updated
10-Jan-2010 23:27	NePa	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Narrative]
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12-Dec-2015 19:34	Jimi	Updated [Narrative]
13-Mar-2016 20:20	Depak	Updated [Narrative]
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