Date:	Friday 9 June 1944
Time:	03:10
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:	141 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DD758
MSN:	TW-N
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Ford, West Sussex

Narrative:
Mosquito DD758/N: Took off at 22:55hrs for Serrate patrol over North France. 08/06/1944
One engine badly damaged by gunfire. Returned from a night mission with a faulty engine and announced their intention to make a forced landing, gear retracted. Visibility was poor and Mosquito DD758/N flew over RAF Ford runway for a long time before belly-landing at the end of the runway. Swung off the concrete runway onto the grass and collided with parked Spitfires NK206 and NL241 from 442 Sqn RCAF.
Crew:
Captain (FAFL 30002) Joseph Hervé Bundervoet D'HAUTECOURT (pilot) FAFL: injured /later died of his injuries
Lieutenant Charles E. KOCHER (nav.) FAFL: injured /later died of his injuries
Died:
AC1 (1836137) Kenneth David BEVAN ( gunner) RAFVR.

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.francaislibres.net/liste/fiche.php?index=58648
3.ORB 141 Sqdn RAF
Oral history (eyewitness evidence) R Cant, MT section, RAF Ford, 1944 (2019)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

6 June 1944	DD758	141 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England		min
12 July 1944	DZ748	141 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn West Raynham, Norfolk, England		min
16 January 1945	PZ227	141 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England		min

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Dec-2009 05:08	NePa	Added
02-Mar-2012 06:27	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2014 17:47	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Jun-2015 18:57	DG333	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
15-Jun-2015 16:38	Tu104	Updated [Cn]
19-Jun-2015 07:34	Iwosh	Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
19-Jun-2015 08:05	Zeeland	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
19-Jun-2015 08:13	Lixon	Updated [Narrative]
16-Aug-2015 14:14	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
03-Sep-2018 17:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Apr-2019 07:58	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
05-Jun-2019 10:16	TigerTimon	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities]
11-Jun-2019 07:04	vandenwyngaerde	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2021 18:53	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Feb-2022 12:45	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
16-Oct-2022 06:17	angels one five	Updated [Location, Narrative]
13-May-2023 10:36	Nepa	Updated [[Location, Narrative]]