ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140786
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| Date: | Monday 15 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR408 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Châteauroux, department Indre, province Berry. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito LR408: Took off at 10:00 hrs for PR mission to photograph airfields in southern France.15/05/1944
Missing. When attacked by German fighters, over southern France, managed to escape but had to force-land due to holed fuel tanks, near Châteauroux. Destruction of aircraft on ground using Very pistol.
Crew handed over to Germans at Châteauroux.
Crew:
F/O (129.464) Peter Neville FARLOW (pilot) RAFVR - PoW
P/O (172.239) Ernest George Gordon BOYD (nav.) RAFVR - PoW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80015115
3.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
4.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 09:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 05:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source] |
| 11-Aug-2013 18:35 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 15:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2014 11:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2014 15:43 | HB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2014 18:04 | Jixon | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2019 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 17:01 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Dec-2021 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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