Date:	Sunday 30 January 1944
Time:	11:35
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	487 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration:	HX916
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bilsham Corner, 1 mile north of Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito HX916/A: Took off at 11:00 hrs with five others for Day mission over Northern France. 30/01/1944
In fog 35 minutes later flew into the ground at Bilsham Corner, about a mile north of Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex. As the aircraft broke up bombs and debris struck nearby cottages, killing an elderly man and a girl.
Crew:
F/Sgt (NZ42406) John Thomas William HYNDMAN (pilot) RNZAF - killed
W/O (R/122398) George Norman MATTHEWS (nav.) RCAF - killed
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The two civilians who died were George Rogers, aged 82, and Mary Ifould, aged 9.

The incident was reported in the local newspaper (Bognor Regis Observer - Saturday 5 February 1944)
"BILSHAM PLANE CRASH
FOUR KILLED IN SUNDAY TRAGEDY
On Sunday last a Mosquito bomber crashed at Bilsham, near Littlehampton, killing the crew of two. The engines tore away from the machine and were hurled into nearby houses, killing a little girl and an old man who happened to be in the garden. One bomb crashed into a house but did not explode. Considerable damage was caused to one house by fire. In attendance were the Aldingbourne Rescue Service and the Bognor Regis N.F.S.

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 487 Sqdn RNZAF
3.http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13677.msg57861#msg57861
4.https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-98-mosquito-487-nz-sqn-1943.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jan-2010 21:25	NePa	Added
14-Mar-2010 23:51	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
25-Mar-2010 11:30	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
15-Sep-2010 19:57	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Nov-2010 15:37	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
15-Nov-2011 08:44	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-May-2014 12:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Sep-2014 13:56	R.Giggs	Updated [Location, Narrative]
05-Aug-2015 07:47	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
29-Mar-2019 22:40	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Apr-2020 19:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 21:16	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Nov-2021 12:23	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Nov-2021 16:00	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
02-Jul-2022 21:44	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]