Unit: 487 Squadron
Aircraft: Mosquito
Code: HX949
Base: Hundson
Mission: Intruder
Crew officer: F/O Eugene Herman BARBET
Incident: Shot down by German fighter
Location: (Prov. Namur)
Facts
Missing on night intruder to the airfield St.Trond in Belgium at that time the homebase of II./NJG 1. Crashed at Moustier-sur-Sambre at about 21:00 hrs and destroyed 7 houses in this city. One civilian occupant was killed and 5 wounded.26.2.1944