ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70257
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| Date: | Friday 28 July 1944 |
| Time: | 04:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LR475 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Mosquito LR475: Took off at 23:25 hrs for bomb rail communications over France. 27/07/1944
Crashed at 04:10 hrs while making a single engined approach towards RAF Woodbridge on return from mission to Givors. Hit trees. 28/07/1944
Crew:
F/O (J/18743) Charles Benjamin WITT (pilot) RCAF - injured
F/Lt (J/9153) Ronald Victor DODDS (nav.) RCAF - injured
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2009 12:09 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Mar-2012 05:58 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2012 06:18 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 20:26 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2014 08:45 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 09:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2016 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2019 12:49 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2019 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2021 21:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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