ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18796
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| Date: | 17-AUG-1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) |
| Registration: | G-AGGF |
| MSN: | ex.HJ720 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Easter Balloch Hill, Glenlee, Invermark, Angus, Scotland. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
| Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito HJ720: (G-AGGF) Took off for a Cargo flight, flying to Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden 17/08/1943. Soon after take-off he radioed that he was returning to RAF Leuchars. No more was heard. Aircraft crashed when on approach to RAF Leuchars. Gamekeeper on 8 September found wreckage in Glen Esk. The aircraft had hit a mountain at 2,500 feet on approach in bad weather, and had become BOAC first Mosquito loss.
Crew:
Capt. Louis Alfred WILKINS (pilot, aged 39) BOAC - killed
F/Sgt (1111883) Harold BEAUMONT (obs) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt H Beaumont RAFVR buried at Kincardine and Capt L.A Wilkins of BOAC, memorial at Dundee Crematorium
Sources:
1. Mosquito: Martin C. Sharp & Michael J F Bowyer. London: Faber,1971 pp.332 &.335
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
4. http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/de-havilland.pdf
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11614-430817-Unaccounted-airmen-17-8-1943
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGGF.pdf
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11614-430817-Unaccounted-airmen-17-8-1943
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2927191/harold-beaumont/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2459151/louis-alfred-wilkins/
8. https://geodata.us/uk_maps/map.php?id=80322
Location
Media:
Wreckage of Mosquito G-AGGF on Easter Balloch Hill 17 June 2017
Images:
Easter Balloch, Glen Lee. GR NO 347809 18 Nov 2012
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Nov-2009 10:45 | NePa | Updated |
| 10-Jan-2010 23:27 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2011 15:03 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2011 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2011 02:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Nov-2012 07:54 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2013 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 25-Aug-2014 13:34 | Depak | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jul-2015 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:34 | Jimi | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2016 20:20 | Depak | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2016 20:21 | Depak | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Aug-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2021 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 19:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2022 17:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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