ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71573
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ482 |
| MSN: | AZ-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SW of Boubers-sur-Canche, Pas-de-Calais, 12km SSW of St-Pol-sur-Tern. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ482/P: Took off at 12:37 hrs for mission to destroy the V-1 Site at Beavoir. 29/06/1944
Missing. Hit by Flak soon after releasing markers and the crew baled out at 3,000 feet.
Crew:
F/O (147194) Julian George deBretton PLATTS (pilot) RAFVR - Ok /POW (NCO:745782 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 July, 1943)
F/O (J/16603) George C. THOMPSON (nav.) RCAF - Ok /escaped
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1945 | KB416 | 627 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ482 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2010 10:36 | NePa | Added |
| 10-Mar-2014 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2014 08:19 | Repac | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 05:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2016 09:06 | Next | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:47 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 22-Feb-2022 11:50 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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