ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71880
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ636 |
| MSN: | AZ-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mont Chatard, Ternand, Rhône département. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ636/N: Took off at 23:12 hrs for a mission to mark the marshalling yards and rail junctions at Givors, Rhône. 26/07/1944
Missing. The aircraft crashed due to bad weather. 27/07/1944
Crew:
F/O (155505) Dennis Kieran FLAHERTY (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1287987 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 September, 1943)
F/O (53421) John CHRISTIE (nav.) RAF - killed (NCO:517808 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 November, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 1944 | DZ462 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Barford St.John, Oxfordshire, England |  |
min |
| 18 September 1944 | DZ635 | 627 Sqn RAF | 2 | Schiffdorf on the eastern outskirts of Bremerhaven, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing xxxxx was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm. Note incorrect Sqn assignment 692 Sqn was flying B Mk XVIs and went to Stuttgart on 27 Jul 44
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2010 11:17 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Jun-2013 06:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 14:07 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2019 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2021 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:22 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 21-Feb-2022 23:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2022 08:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:02 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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