20 Beaufighters from Dallachy, Morayshire 18.Group, took off at 1309, accompanied by a Mustang fighter escort and a Warwick carrying an airborne lifeboat.
The Beaufighters approached the target from inland, but on climbing away as it left the fjord the two Beaufighters collided.
RD463 managed a succesful ditching, but were lost without trace.
The ships attacked this
day was Schnellboot "Adolf Lüderitz" Tanker "Schleswig"
UJ 1430 and M 496
Bristol Beaufighter Jøssingfjord Rogaland
489.Squadron RNZAF TF.X NT888/Y "Dallachy Strike Wing" 14.4 1945
Collided with Beaufighter TF.X RD463/A1 on a strike against shipping in Jøssingfjord. Pilot: Off John Mostyn Brightwell, age 23. Navigator: Plt Off Edgar Joseph Foy, age 24.
489.Squadron
RNZAF TF.X RD463/A1 "Dallachy Strike Wing"
14.4 1945
Pilot: Fg Off Graham George Parkin, age 22. Navigator:
Fg Off Royden Leslie Nugent, age 26.