Mosquito NS979 487 Squadron lost 17/9/44

[mhuxt]

Hi Brian:

Don't think so - the Schelde is on the southern border of the Netherlands. It actually flows through Antwerp in Belgium before emptying into an estuary in Dutch territory.

F/O Fuller is buried in Goes, on the northern side of the Estuary.

The Frisians are up the other end of the country - the southernmost island must be around 180km away from Goes.

I've got the book you refer to upstairs - I don't see a reference to a fighter having been involved with the 487 aircraft, finger trouble on my part maybe. Are you looking at the "ftr" notation in the listing for that day? "Failed to return"?

I've a note here from Fighter Command War Diaries Volume 5 that it was on a sortie to strafe barges - flak is my guess.

Cheers,

Mark