Squadron: 487 Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-03
Completion Date: 1944-01-03
Mission: Combat
Operation: Ramrod
Target City: Calais France
Target Specific: Noball target in Bois Megle
Base: RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
Take Off Time: 13:10
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Sussex, England
Crash Specifics: Priorsleas Farm, Poling, Worthing, near RAF stn Ford
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito FBVI aircraft HX 951 was enroute to a Noball target at Bois Megle in Northern France. Aircraft crashed at Priors Lease, Sussex, England and the bomb load exploded on impact.
RAF Commands