ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19885
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ597 |
| MSN: | XD-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zaatzke, Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ597/U: Take off at 18:39 hrs along with 8 other sqdn aircraft, to bomb.attack Berlin.20/10/1943
Nothing was heard from Mosquito DZ597 after take off and it did not return to base. Aircraft crashed at Zaatzke, 4 miles north west of Wittstock.
Crew:
F/Sgt (Aus.409587) Thomas Kevin FORSYTH (pilot) RAAF - killed
Sgt (1268838) Leonard Charles JAMES (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3. https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/RC09125Z017_1.pdf
4. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DZ597
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 October 1943 | DZ593 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Erp, country road towards Friesheim, 200m in front of the city limits. | |
w/o |
| 6 April 1944 | DZ370 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ597 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2008 09:55 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2010 08:05 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 12:55 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-May-2014 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2014 15:13 | R.Giggs | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:03 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Apr-2019 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 22:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:09 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
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