LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft MM407), Germany, 28 September 1944
Mosquito MM407 took off from RAF Thorney Island at 2205 hours on the night of 27 September 1944, being part of a squadron force of 15 aircraft detailed to carry out night intruder operations against targets in the Ruhr area and attack transport, marshalling yards, vans and large factories. MM407 failed to return from the mission. It was later learned that both the crew members had been killed and they are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
The crew members of MM407 were:
Pilot Officer Peter Mosby (153924) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Lieutenant John Cornthwaite Nixon (126064) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982