Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-30
Completion Date: 1944-01-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Northern France
Target Specific: Day mission
Base: RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
Take Off Time: 11:00
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Crash City: Sussex, England
Crash Specifics: Bilsham Corner, 1 mile north of Middleton-on-Sea
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Target - military installations, Northern France. Mosquito aircraft HX 916 appears to have flown into the ground in fog at Bilsham Corper, Sussex, England. The impact hurled the engines and the bombs approximately 300 yards into nearby houses and property, killing two civilians.
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Target - military installations, Northern France. Mosquito aircraft HX 916 appears to have flown into the ground in fog at Bilsham Corper, Sussex, England. The impact hurled the engines and the bombs approximately 300 yards into nearby houses and property, killing two civilians.
