ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142322
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 12:32 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX937 |
| MSN: | EG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wittingstraat, Stekene, East Flanders. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
Mosquito HX937/Y: Took off at 11:10 hrs for operation to the aircraft engine factory Woippy. 09/10/1943
Missing. South of Antwerp, the Mosquito flew on one engine and exploded in mid-air.
An agent writes, probably concerning this occurence:
"At Stekene-Wittingstraat, between the districts of Polken and Berg, on 09/10/1943 at 12:32 hrs, an aircraft crashed, probably an American, which has been burnt up. Close to the site, it dropped three bombs, of whom two have exploded. The two pilots are literally charred, and are no longer recognizable."
Crew:
F/Lt (40993) Edgar William Peter COURT (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (63806) Jack Braithwaite SANDS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/mosquito-te-stekene
2.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
3.ORB 487 Sqdn RNZAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 September 1944 | NT180 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Westerschelde estuary off Breskens, Zeeland. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2012 03:20 | Nepa | Added |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2019 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2021 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Feb-2024 08:37 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
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