ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50123
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NS979 |
| MSN: | EG-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito NS979/E: Took off at 23:10 hrs for an anti-shipping operation over Zeeland. 16/09/1944
During the night of 16/17.09.1944, 33 Mosquitoes carried out attacks on ferries on the Westerschelde and troop movements from Walcheren island to the mainland. The crew had reported being attacked by a fighter.
However, it was light Flak that caused the aircraft to crash at 01:30 hrs.17/09/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (J/12195) George William BROWN (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (154.893) Roy Alan FULLER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 487 Sqdn RAF
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4043&date=&location.
4. Wings to Victory database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1943 | HX864 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - sea off Dutch coast. | |
w/o |
| 5 July 1944 | HX917 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Donnemain-St-Mamès, 4km north-west of Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir. |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 00:49 | NePa | Updated |
| 15-Mar-2010 07:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2010 11:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2010 01:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2010 12:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2012 09:56 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2014 11:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2014 20:23 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 07:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 18-Mar-2019 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2019 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 08-Mar-2021 19:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2021 11:37 | Leliczek | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2021 15:49 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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