Date:	Friday 9 June 1944
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	627 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ353
MSN:	AZ-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	La Cour, Orgères, Ille-et-Vilaine département. -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ353/B: Took off at 23:47 hrs for attack railways to prevent German troop reinforcements reaching Normandy. 08/06/1944
Hit by Flak and in flames, touched tree tops. Crashed between Orgeres and St.Erblon. 09/06/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (46016) Harry STEERE DFC DFM (pilot) RAF- killed (NCO:564959 Commission Gazetted : Friday 25 July, 1941)
F/O (Aus.404241) Kenneth William GALE DFC (nav.) RAAF- killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=424
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6,Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

2 January 1944	DZ353	627 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		min
28 January 1944	DZ353	627 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		non
24 February 1944	DZ353	627 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England		min
7 October 1944	KB195	627 Sqn RAF	2	Westerschelde, Zeeland		w/o
15 June 1945	DZ418	627 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England		w/o

Mosquito Production list showing DZ353 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Nov-2009 10:42	NePa	Added
07-Apr-2010 22:27	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative]
22-May-2011 13:31	Anon.	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
04-Mar-2012 13:56	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
11-Jul-2014 07:18	Repac	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Aug-2014 13:48	K.Kraus	Updated [Country, Narrative]
28-Apr-2015 08:56	SIS07	Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
16-Aug-2015 14:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Sep-2015 13:06	INV	Updated [Cn, Location, Source]
16-Dec-2018 06:18	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 14:23	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2021 09:55	TB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 23:22	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Feb-2022 08:34	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
22-Feb-2022 21:51	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Feb-2022 21:52	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Jun-2022 08:05	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Jul-2022 19:54	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2022 21:34	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 07:18	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]