Date:	Saturday 8 January 1944
Time:	20:45
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	627 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W4072
MSN:	AZ-Q
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off East Mersea, 7 miles SSE of Colchester, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex

Narrative:
Mosquito W4072/Q: Took off at 18:21 hrs for a Bombing operation to Frankfurt. 08/01/1944
The starboard engine lost power on the homeward leg, lost height and crash-landed into the North Sea off East Mersea, Essex while attempting to land at Bradwell Bay, c20:45.
Crew: 
F/O (NZ404463) Ian Hugh HANLON DFC (pilot) RNZAF - injured 
F/O (127520) Francis Kent EVANS DFM (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:921072 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 September, 1942)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/jan44.html
3.ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Dec-2009 10:26	NePa	Added
11-Nov-2011 12:35	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jul-2014 08:29	Gloug	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Aug-2014 13:10	Froome	Updated [Narrative]
22-Jun-2015 03:23	angels one five	Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
04-Aug-2015 20:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Apr-2016 09:10	J.Cryer	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2017 10:17	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Date, Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
04-Sep-2017 17:03	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2019 13:00	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
24-Oct-2021 22:17	Nepa	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 10:17	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 20:34	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:17	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Mar-2024 06:50	Antonio	Updated [Narrative]