The story
At the date of 10-12-1943, time: 1422, the aircraft type Mosquito has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Vroomshoop (Lindeflier). The unit of crew and plane is: 487 Sqdn. First flyer rank: F/Sergeant, name: T. Mair. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
Mosquito VI - HX975 EG-O damaged by flak, hit tree crashlanding in an area
locally known as "Lindeflier", South of Vroomshoop, 2 kms SE of Den Ham, time 14:22pm
Two killed were buried at Den Ham General Cemetery
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Crew: Mosquito VI - HX975 EG-O - 10 Dec 1943 - Mission: ...........
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656406 - F/Sgt. - Pilot - Thomas Mair - RAF - Age 24 - KIA
751684 - W/O - Navigator - Kenneth Leslie Owen Blow - DFC - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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