ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140788
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| Date: | Monday 10 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR424 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dombres - Dimbley, Meuse, Grand Est. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito LR424: Took off 15:55 hrs for PR mission to Friedrichshafen. 10/04/1944
Missing. Attacked and shot down by German fighters over the forest Grant Failly /Petit Failly.
Crew:
F/O (128.578) Frederick Vernon "Freddy" LEGON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (161.040) John William "Jack" SWANN (nav.) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5733
3.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2011 09:51 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 01:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 05:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2014 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 18:27 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 19:31 | Tu104 | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 09-Aug-2015 12:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2019 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2021 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2021 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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