Date:	Tuesday 8 December 1942
Time:	17:34
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ358
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	between Halle and Ninove, Flemish Brabant -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ358: Ran out of fuel and abandoned returning from Vienna. 08/12/1942.
Mosquito was returning from a PR mission to Salzburg when the starboard engine overheated (due to a coolant leak) and had to be shut down. The aircraft flew on one engine as far as Belgium where the navigator bailed out near Halle, SW of Brussels. The pilot abandoned the aircraft shortly afterwards, Mosquito DZ358 probably crashing somewhere between Halle and Ninove. W/O Hope managed to reach Enghien where he caught a train to Brussels before being captured at the Spanish Frontier a month later.
Crew:
P/O (NZ411424) Frederick W. McKAY (pilot) RNZAF - POW
W/O (995562) Stanley Forster HOPE (nav) RAFVR - POW

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.evasioncomete.org/fhopesf.html
3. ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
4. WO 344/203/1 (War Office: Directorate of Military Intelligence: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires - MACKAIL - MCKAY)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2010 09:17	NePa	Added
06-Feb-2011 09:08	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Jun-2014 10:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2014 11:28	MiG21	Updated [Narrative, ]
16-Aug-2014 14:22	Anthony G.	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
22-Jul-2015 10:49	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, ]
06-Apr-2016 09:18	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
22-Dec-2018 06:51	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
23-May-2019 11:23	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
21-Jan-2021 15:36	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator, ]
21-Jan-2021 15:37	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
04-Apr-2021 10:46	Froome	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
30-Aug-2021 14:21	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ]
07-Oct-2021 21:21	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
31-Oct-2022 07:20	Richard	Updated [Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2022 09:12	Richard	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
08-Nov-2022 07:06	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
08-Jun-2023 20:32	Nepa	Updated