Crash site: Outh Muir, Kinross-shire, Scotland, GB
Crash cause: flying accident, mid-air collision with another Spitfire
Name |
Mosselmans, Hendrik Lodewijk Grangemouth 080204 Mosselmans HLb.jpg |
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Rank |
F/O. |
RAF VR 150202 |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
08/01/1924 |
Place |
Rome, Italy Source: Mw. G.L.L. de Vos-Mosselmans, via EvL |
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Squadron |
No. 2 TEU, was No. 58 OTU until 17/10/1943 |
Ops/hr |
0 |
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Aircraft |
Spitfire Nr. R7144 |
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Base |
RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, GB |
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Mission |
Training |
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Status |
KIFA |
age |
19 |
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Killed |
18/12/1943 |
Place |
Outh Muir, Kinross-shire, Scotland, GB |
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Buried |
Grangemouth Grandsable Cemetery, Stirlingshire, GB, grave 1/43, CWGC headstone |
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Known to |
OGS |
no |
CWGC |
yes |
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Remarks |
Killed in a mid-air collision with another Spitfire, P9371 flown by F/Sgt. R.E. Smith RCAF. F/O. Mosselmans' aircraft dived into the ground, F/Sgt. R.E. Smith landed safely, damage assessed Cat.B. CWGC: Son of A. W. Mosselmans and Nancy H. Mosselmans (nee Van der Wyck), of Rousham, Oxfordshire. |
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GB arrival |
Was living with his parents in the UK |
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Memorial |
None known |
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Data Confusion |
The crash site is sometimes mentioned as Cuth Muir or Cuthmuir. Such a location does not exist in Scotland. The University of Glasgow agreed, and corrected accordingly on its website. |
Mosselmans is buried under a British RAF headstone, in between J.G. Hoffman and J. Evers. Grangemouth 080204-2
Map 128. Outh Muir, Kinross-shire, Scotland, crash site of Henk Mosselmans
Outh Muir, crash area of H.L. Mosselmans. Outh Muir 080204-1
Mosselmans crashed in the right center of the area on this photograph. Outh Muir 080204-2
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
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