Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII HK375,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72923
 
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Date:Thursday 30 December 1943
Time:22:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII
Owner/operator:488 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: HK375
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 8 miles south-east of RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito HK375: Took off at 22:00hrs for training flight. 30/12/1943
At 22:10 hrs crashed in sea on GCI exercise, 8 miles SE of RAF Bradwell Bay.
Crew:
F/Sgt (NZ416079) Ernest Henry BEHRENT (pilot) RNZAF - killed.
F/Sgt (NZ421668) Noel BREWARD (obs.) RNZAF - killed.

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 488 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Feb-2010 10:56 NePa Added
15-Mar-2010 22:17 angels one five Updated [Operator, Narrative]
25-Mar-2010 11:31 Anon. Updated [Operator, Location]
30-Apr-2010 16:18 angels one five Updated [Operator, Narrative]
30-Apr-2010 16:25 angels one five Updated [Source]
30-Apr-2010 16:29 angels one five Updated [Source]
28-Mar-2011 02:37 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
09-Mar-2012 23:29 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Jun-2014 13:42 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-Aug-2015 19:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Feb-2019 17:14 Nepa Updated [Nature, Narrative, Operator]
25-Apr-2019 14:18 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
05-May-2021 10:22 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Operator]
14-Nov-2021 22:01 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Nov-2021 18:18 Nepa Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]

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