NS625

Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS625, lost on photo recon mission to Bremen, pilot 1st Lt Ray L Musgrove. 1 KIA / 1 POW. MACR 7949.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

People

Harold Louis Fordham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17062641 / O-678712
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ray Lester Musgrove

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19097842 / O-680489
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK 24 March 1944 Hatfield Built, contract number 555/C.23(a), between 24-3-1944 and 31-12-1944.

Other

Failed To Return FTR

Germany 20 August 1944 Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS625, lost on photo recon mission to Bremen, pilot 1st Lt Ray L Musgrove. 1 KIA / 1 POW. MACR 7949.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

http://www.fold3.com/image/28665685/ MACR details.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmat.asp?theAT=Mos+XVI&Submit3=… MACR details.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Production list / mossie.org

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 7949 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database