ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143845
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1944 |
| Time: | 06:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR252 |
| MSN: | YP-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vias, 22 km east of Beziers. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alghero airfield, Sassari (I) |
Mosquito LR252/S: Took off at 05:15 hrs for mission to Marseille and Perpignan area.12/04/1944
Missing. During the attack on the steam locomotive (No.230-349) on the Bordeaux - Sète line, they collided with a power line mast. The bodies were found near the crashed aircraft near Vies.
Crew:
F/O (158.548) James Henry "Jim" KINGSBURY (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (158.091) George William YERBY (nav.) RAFVR - killed
+
perished fr. driver Andre PLANCHON.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2794
3.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 September 1942 | DD689 | 23 Sqn RAF | 1 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 28 January 1943 | DD798 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa |  |
min |
| 26 June 1943 | HJ766 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Mediterranean Sea |  |
w/o |
| 2 December 1944 | PZ456 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | 'Kamperveld' at Wezepsche Heide, Wezep, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2012 05:08 | Nepa | Added |
| 09-Mar-2014 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 12:34 | yarbi | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2015 21:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 07:38 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Apr-2019 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2021 11:58 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Dec-2021 17:41 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2022 12:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 07:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Damage, Operator] |
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