Date:	Thursday 7 December 1944
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	248 Sqn RAF
Registration:	NT225
MSN:	DM-O
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Gossen, Aukra -   Norway
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito NT225/O: Took off at 11:38 hrs for to attack shipping in Alesund Harbour, Norway. 07/12/1944
On 7 December 1944 No.248 Sqdn despatched six Mark VI and four Mark XVIII aircraft for a shipping strike.
Near Gossen, they were intercepted by between 15 and 25 FW.190s and BF.109s.
Mosquito NT225: Missing presumed shot down by enemy fighters III./JG.5 near Gossen.
Crew:
F/O (J/23397) William Nathan COSMAN DFC (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (152972) Leslie Morris FREEDMAN (nav.) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/315/44/dec_7_44.html
3.ORB 248 Sqdn RAF from The National Archives UK
4. Archives Canada
5. RCAF Losses 1944
6. F/O Cosman's personnel file from Ancestry.ca
7. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1085027
8. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=j23397&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
9. https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=nt225&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2014 14:01	Nepa	Added
31-Aug-2015 20:33	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ]
01-Sep-2015 11:26	INV	Updated [Cn, Source, ]
09-Feb-2019 19:20	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
23-Jun-2022 10:13	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
23-Jun-2022 10:14	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
23-Jun-2022 10:21	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
14-Jul-2022 11:41	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
28-May-2025 06:45	tachel	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]