Mosquito NFII DD748 - The North Sea                                                 Updated: 12 JAN 2012
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777620.htm Cooke ERF F/Lt RAF 25 p203.htm MOS DD748 Intruder The North Sea d300743 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a045013.htm Ellacott F H F/Sgt RAF 25 p203.htm MOS DD748 Intruder The North Sea d300743 b190843 c045.htm Kirkeby


Den 30. juli 1943 kl. 22.30 startede MOS DD748 for at udføre patruljeflyvning over Westerland (her) på Sild.

"Rapporterede kl. 23 motorproblemer og ville vende om. Intet yderligere hørt, selv om meddelelsen blev modtaget
kun nogle få miles fra den britiske kyst. Mosquito DD748 styrtede i Nordsøen ud for den britiske kyst. Ingen overlevende."
(Kilde: MACR - blanket om mistet besætning)

Se Mosquito fotos og Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK.

1 flyver fra MOS DD748 blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård på Rømø. 1 har ingen kendt grav.

2 flyvere.

On 30 July 1943 at 2230 hours MOS DD748 took off on an intruder mission over Westerland (here) on Sylt.

"Reported at 2300 hrs. engine failure and was returning. Nothing further heard although message was received only
a few miles out from the British coast. Mosquito DD748 crashed in the North Sea off British coast. No survivors."
(MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)

1 airman from MOS DD748 was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard on Rømø. 1 has no known grave.

See No. 25 Squadron RAF in Wikipedia and XXV Squadron RAF Association. See also Mosquito Photos and Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK.
This Mosquito took off from RAF Church Fenton. See Royal Air Force Church Fenton.
    
2 airmen.