ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71671
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| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ523 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Longuyon, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Canton de Mont-Saint-Martin. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Mosquito DZ523: Took off at 11:00hrs for PR mission over Pilsen, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia.15.5.1943
Missing. Failed to return from a damage assessment sortie to Pilsen.
Ofw. Stechmaier, I/JG107, claimed a Mosquito DZ523 at 8000m over Longuyon, France.
Crew:
F/Sgt (656280) Reginald Bernard SHEPHERD (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1112164) Henry Wilson EVANS (obs) RAFVR - parachuted from the aircraft before it crash landed.
He was eventually to get away to Switzerland.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=206408
3.ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2010 02:40 | NePa | Added |
| 01-Nov-2011 03:56 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2011 05:03 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2014 13:56 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2015 13:24 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Dec-2018 06:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2019 14:47 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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