Date:	Friday 21 April 1944
Time:	02:30
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:	239 Sqn RAF
Registration:	HJ644
MSN:	HB-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kruishaar, 4 km south-east of Nijkerk, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito HJ644/A: Takeoff at 22:00 hrs for a Serrate patrol of the Olligmes / Lens /Paris area. 20/04/1944
Missing. Crashed en route at Kruishaar, 4 km SE of Nijkerk (Gelderland) NL. 21/04/1944
The Squadron's ORB contained the following entry: "Took off 22:00 hrs --. Aircraft failed to return. The only news received was picked up at 02:20 hrs by Coltishall a very weak transmission “We are OK now” which was too faint to enable a fix to be made. Nothing further was heard."
Crew:
S/Ldr (60132) Ernest William KINCHIN (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:1163142 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 February, 1941)
F/Lt (47308) Douglas SELLORS (nav.) RAF - killed (NCO:542783 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 January, 1942)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 239 Sqdn RAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T338
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

21 February 1944	HJ644	239 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England		non
5 March 1944	HJ644	239 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England		min
6 August 1944	DD622	239 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England		min
Gear-up landing

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
13-Nov-2009 06:17	NePa	Updated
30-Jan-2010 08:54	NePa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Nov-2012 14:56	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Jun-2014 07:43	Next	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
11-Jun-2015 16:39	Paix	Updated [Cn, Narrative]
14-Jun-2015 05:11	Faun	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2015 19:13	Iwosh	Updated [Cn]
10-Aug-2015 13:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Jan-2019 17:31	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
27-Apr-2019 07:46	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator]
13-May-2019 20:44	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
31-Mar-2020 19:47	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 23:00	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
06-Sep-2021 21:10	Anon.	Updated [Source, Operator]
10-Sep-2021 20:05	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
21-Oct-2021 18:34	Nepa	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 01:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
18-Jun-2022 17:27	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 12:11	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]