Date:	Sunday 6 August 1944
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	487 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration:	NT125
MSN:	EG-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near La Roche - sur - Yon. -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito NT125/B: Took off at 01:05 hrs for a night anti-rail sortie to Nantes/ La Rochelle. 05/08/1944
Aircraft attacked by a night fighter nr Nantes and hit in the starboard engine by flak at La Roche - sur - Yon. 06/08/1944
Unable to jettison bombs and with his starboard engine overheating.
Crew bailed out at 8000 feet. Sheltered by local people and aided by the French Resistance, they eventually reached the American lines at Nantes on 1st October and returned to England on the 6th.
Crew:
F/Lt (60324) Robert Johnson COOMBS (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (NZ413425) William George JUDSON (nav.) RNZAF - Ok

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2RAF-c10.html#n305
3.http://www.conscript-heroes.com/MI9-06.html
4.http://bbm.org.uk/Coombs.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Apr-2014 10:23	Nepa	Added
29-Aug-2014 15:34	HB	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
05-Oct-2014 12:06	Thomas Fuk	Updated [Narrative]
23-Aug-2015 06:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
20-Mar-2019 21:08	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
11-Nov-2021 17:10	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]