ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71848
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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | 22:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ635 |
| MSN: | AZ-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schiffdorf on the eastern outskirts of Bremerhaven, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Bremerhaven
Took off from RAF Woodhall Spa at 19:03.
Hit by Flak and crashed at Schiffdorf on the eastern outskirts of Bremerhaven at 22:10.
The crew were initially buried in Geestemunde Civil Cemetery Plot II Row 5 Grave 1.
Reinterred 19 August 1947.
Flt Lt Rutherford awarded AFC. Gazetted 31 March 1944.
Crew:-
Pilot: 68194 Flt Lt Norman Bayne Rutherford (Australia) AFC - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B Joint Grave 14. (NCO:930212 Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 July, 1941)
Navigator: 54874 Plt Off Frederick Herbert Stanbury - Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 24 Row B Joint Grave 14. (NCO:580834 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 July, 1944)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 627 Sqn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
5. 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 |
| 27 July 1944 | DZ636 | 627 Sqn RAF | 2 | Mont Chatard, Ternand, Rhône département. |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ635 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 11:40 | NePa | Added |
| 15-Jun-2010 02:38 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2011 13:36 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2012 01:49 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 14:04 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2015 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Apr-2016 09:08 | J.Cryer | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2019 17:26 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2019 18:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase] |
| 30-Aug-2021 22:21 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:21 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 15-Jun-2022 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 15:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2023 06:20 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
| 18-Sep-2023 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]] |
| 25-Oct-2023 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]] |
| 21-Nov-2023 10:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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