Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI PZ189,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165714
 
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Date:Tuesday 6 June 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:515 Sqn RAF
Registration: PZ189
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing. -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito PZ189: Took off at 23:00 hrs for a night patrol over Lille. 05/06/1944
Missing /Crashed na 06/06/1944
Crew:
S/Ldr (67056) William Ronald BUTTERFIELD DFC MiD (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:959710 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 June, 1941)
Sgt (1396993) Cornelius Stanley DREW (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 515 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Apr-2014 09:13 Nepa Added
29-Jun-2014 19:10 MiG21 Updated [Narrative]
15-Sep-2014 07:36 Tu144 Updated [Location]
15-Aug-2015 11:44 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-Jan-2019 20:43 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
18-Apr-2022 05:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Damage]
25-Apr-2022 20:05 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
05-Jun-2022 06:39 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Jul-2022 20:20 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 07:17 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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