Date:	Wednesday 15 September 1943
Time:	00:45
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ598
MSN:	XD-?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, north-east of Cromer, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:	RAF Wyton

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ598:Took off at 19:36 hrs for an Bombing operation against Berlin. 14/09/1943
This trip was made unusually difficult by heavy cumulonimbus, which caused several crews to return early and made the operation longer and more arduous for those who pressed on to the target. F/Lt Colledge did not return; nothing was heard of him after take-off. Position H.0374 for Lancaster (JA981) and Mosquito (DZ598) reported to have collided at 00:45 hrs. 15/09/1943
Crew:
F/Lt (67023) Mavle Williams COLLEDGE (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:1257356 Commission Gazetted : Friday 13 June, 1941)
F/O (134371) Geoffrey Lawrence MARSHALLl (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1076891 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 March, 1943)

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.ORB 617 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

12 December 1942	DZ384	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	1	Cubitt's Farm, Norfolk, England		w/o
14 December 1942	DK336	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England.		min
20 December 1942	DZ387	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	Between Meppen and Bokeloh, Ems, Niedersachsen.		w/o
13 August 1943	DZ607	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	North Sea off Norfolk coast, England		w/o
18 August 1943	DZ465	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England		w/o
20 August 1943	DZ348	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen.		w/o
1 September 1943	DK337	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	Missing - Nordrhein-Westfalen.		w/o
17 September 1943	DZ428	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Manston, Kent, England		w/o
24 November 1943	DZ614	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	1	Borkheide, 8 km north-east of Brück, Brandenburg.		w/o
5 May 1944	DZ646	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	near RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England		w/o
12 June 1944	DZ609	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	east of Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt.		w/o
25 June 1944	KB329	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	Flatow, Kremmen, Brandenburg.		w/o
6 August 1944	KB118	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	1	Wilhelmstraße street, Hünxe, Nordrhein-Westfalen.		w/o
16 August 1944	KB206	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England.		min
11 September 1944	KB227	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	Siedlung Schönwalde, Schönwalde-Glien, Brandenburg.		w/o

Mosquito Production list showing DZ598 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-May-2008 09:55	Nepa	Added
24-Jan-2010 10:48	NePa	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
24-Jul-2011 03:48	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2012 07:05	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
13-Jul-2014 14:27	Tailor	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 20:58	Xindel X	Updated [Location]
02-Aug-2015 19:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
03-Feb-2019 16:39	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Apr-2019 13:35	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 09:04	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
04-Sep-2021 21:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Feb-2022 17:40	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
21-Feb-2022 10:08	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 06:02	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2022 22:15	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:25	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]