Squadron: 487 Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1944-09-16
Completion Date: 1944-09-17
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Zeeland, Netherlands
Target Specific: Anti-shipping
Base: RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England
Take Off Time: 23:10
Squadron Code: EG E
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga) RAF Sculthorpe Mosquito FB VI aircraft NS 979 lost on a night intruder sortie to strafe barges, hit by flak, crashing in the West Scheldt River at Westerschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Flight Lieutenant GW Brown (RCAF), pilot, missing presumed killed. Flying Officer RA Fuller (RAFVR), navigator was killed.
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga) RAF Sculthorpe Mosquito FB VI aircraft NS 979 lost on a night intruder sortie to strafe barges, hit by flak, crashing in the West Scheldt River at Westerschelde, Zeeland, Netherlands. Flight Lieutenant GW Brown (RCAF), pilot, missing presumed killed. Flying Officer RA Fuller (RAFVR), navigator was killed.
