ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71648
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| Date: | Monday 8 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ478 |
| MSN: | AZ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near chateau de Montgouverne, near Tours airfield. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ478/R: Took off at 01:10 hrs for a Night bomb mission to Tours airfield. 08/05/1944
Tasked with taking out the AA gun units. Shot down near the north end airfield Tours at 02:15 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.408924) Percy Keith TURNOR (pilot) RAAF - killed
W/O (747760) John Frederick HEWSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed.
Received information from local enquiries:
Mosquito has indeed crashed near the castle of Montgouverne. Some inhabitants of Rochecorbon told me that they had gone to see it and had been surprised to see that it was made of wood. An old-timer remembered that the pilot who ejected landed in front of a vineyard lodge where the Flak officer was staying.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.National Archives of Australia
3.ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 April 1944 | DZ478 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England |  |
min |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ478 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm, note incorrect fate confused w/ DZ422 same date.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2010 10:49 | NePa | Added |
| 22-May-2011 08:17 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2011 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2012 11:53 | mick | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2014 08:26 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2015 18:14 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:14 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2021 15:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 06-Sep-2021 22:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Nov-2021 10:34 | SimonBee | Updated [Location, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Dec-2021 23:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2022 19:58 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 15-Jun-2022 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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