ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20213
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| Date: | Friday 18 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX922 |
| MSN: | EG-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St.Gratien, near Montigny, 8 miles north of Amiens. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
Mosquito HX922/F: Took off at 11:00 hrs for on Operation Jericho, the Amiens prison raid. 18/02/1944
G/Cpt Pickard lingered too long over the target and as he turned for home, his Mosquito was attacked by the Fw 190 of Feldwebel Wilhelm Mayer from 7/JG 26, who shot the tail off the Mosquito. G/Cpt Pickard and his navigator, F/Lt John Broadley were killed in the crash at St Gratien, 8 miles (13 km) north of Amiens.
Crew:
G/Cpt (39392) Percy Charles PICKARD DSO bar DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (47690) John Alan BROADLEY DSO DFC DFM (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jericho
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1944 | LR332 | 487 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Bourgtheroulde-Infreville, 26km ESE of Pont-Audemer, Normandy. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2008 05:05 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Dec-2009 10:05 | NePa | Updated |
| 14-Mar-2010 23:55 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2010 11:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2010 16:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-May-2011 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2014 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2014 18:57 | Gloug | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2015 10:15 | C.C.Catch | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 11:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 31-Mar-2016 14:19 | Gloug | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 12:31 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2021 11:48 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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