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1943-12-08 The loss of Henk Mosselmans Spitfire R7144

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

Rank

F/O.

RAF VR 150202

Decorations

None known

Born

08/01/1924

Place

Rome, Italy

Source: Mw. G.L.L. de Vos-Mosselmans, via EvL

Squadron

No. 2 TEU, was No. 58 OTU until 17/10/1943

Ops/hr

0

Aircraft

Spitfire Nr. R7144

Base

RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, GB

Mission

Training

Status

KIFA

age

19

Killed

18/12/1943

Place

Outh Muir, Kinross-shire, Scotland, GB

Buried

Grangemouth Grandsable Cemetery, Stirlingshire, GB, grave 1/43, CWGC headstone

Known to

OGS

no

CWGC

yes

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.

GB arrival

Was living with his parents in the UK

Memorial

None known

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

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