Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1945-02-22
Completion Date: 1945-02-22
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Bremen Germany
Target Specific: Day intruder mission
Base: B.87/Rosières-en-Santerre, France
Take Off Time: 11:00
Squadron Code: EG N
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Bremen, Germany
Crash Specifics: Hüttenbusch near Worpswede, 21km north-north-east of Bremen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: Eisenbahnflak
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HP 933 took off from Resiers, France for a day intruder mission over NW Germany. Mosquito was hit by Eisenbahnflak and exploded in mid-air N-NE of Bremen. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant A.J. Vickers, was also killed.
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487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HP 933 took off from Resiers, France for a day intruder mission over NW Germany. Mosquito was hit by Eisenbahnflak and exploded in mid-air N-NE of Bremen. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant A.J. Vickers, was also killed.
