LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft NT189), Netherlands, 19 November 1944
Mosquito NT189 took off from RAF Thorney Island at 2015 hours on the night of 18/19th November 1944, being part of a squadron force of fifteen aircraft detailed to carry out night intruder operations on road and rail junctions, roads and bridges in Netherlands and north west Germany. NT189 failed to return from the mission. It was later learned that both crew members had lost their lives and they are buried in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
The crew members of NT189 were:
Warrant Officer Jack Alfred Beer (1239605) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Ronald James Fountain (1600411) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
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