ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165798
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF700 |
| MSN: | KU-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lagunbyo, between Bilin and Dapu. Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinmagan, Burma |
Mosquito RF700/V: Took off for 283rd sortie W/Cdr Filson-Youngs.15/05/1945
Failed to pull out after diving attack on jap ground targets. Was shot down by flak, likely 40mm guns, while leading an attack on Japanese positions at Lagunbyo, between Bilin and Dapu in Burma. The aircraft crashed and exploded, and neither body was recovered. Aircraft washed away. Missing. 15/05/1945
W/Cdr Filson-Youngs he had already been declared tour-expired, as had his regular navigator, who had departed the squadron ahead of this sortie, which the W/C did not have to fly.
Crew:
W/Cdr (39725) William David Loraine FILSON-YOUNG DFC & Bar (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (142.344) Rogers Claud Vaughan WATERS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 47 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2014 15:57 | Nepa | Added |
| 16-Sep-2014 09:14 | Siczak | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2015 18:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2019 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Oct-2021 21:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Oct-2021 21:58 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 03-May-2022 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2022 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
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