Date:	Saturday 20 February 1943
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ466
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Plage des Rosaires beach at Plérin, Côtes-d'Armor département. -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ466: Took off at 10:10 hrs for PR mission to Paris area. 20/02/1943
On during his return he made a forced landing on the beach near St.Brieuc.
The only captured Mosquito DZ466 /T9+XB.
Crew:
F/O (101.512 ) Wilfrid Lane PAYNE (pilot) RAFVR - POW
Sgt (1253865) Arthur John KENT (obs) RAFVR - POW

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
3.https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3894
4.https://absa3945.e-monsite.com/pages/base-de-donnees/cat-22/20-fevrier-1943.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jan-2010 09:28	NePa	Added
17-Jan-2010 12:23	NePa	Updated [Date]
30-Dec-2010 03:15	Anon.	Updated [Location, Narrative]
18-Jul-2011 02:44	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2012 01:46	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
02-May-2014 06:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
13-Jul-2014 13:07	J.Paco	Updated [Narrative]
15-Sep-2014 17:27	Paix	Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
10-Oct-2015 07:46	INV	Updated [Location, Narrative]
21-Dec-2018 22:27	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:30	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source]
30-Aug-2021 09:32	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 21:22	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 15:38	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Dec-2021 19:45	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Nov-2023 13:30	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Damage]