ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71844
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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ644 |
| MSN: | XD-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leubringhen near Marquise in the Pas-de-Calais. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DZ644/V: Took off at 23:45 hrs for an attack on oil refineries at Homberg. 30/06/1944
Shot down by Flak crossing the French coast outbound. At 02:40hrs crashing Leubringhen near Marquise in the pas-de-Calais. 01/07/1944.
Crew:
W/O (655697) Harry Ernest Lloyd GRIFFITHS (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (141988) Leo WOLFSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1393416 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ644 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 10:53 | NePa | Added |
| 10-Nov-2011 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jul-2014 14:14 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 11:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2016 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 20:31 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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