Date:	Wednesday 20 October 1943
Time:	22:20
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ519
MSN:	XD-U
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mantinge, near Westerbork, Drenthe. -   Netherlands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ519/U: Took off at 18:40 hrs. for a bombing mission to Berlin.20/10/1943
15 min into homeward flight suffered a major instrument failure soon after the failure of the starboard engine.
Port motor began to fail, abandoned. 20/10/1943
Crew:
F/Lt (86666) Archibald Albert MELLOR (pilot) RAFVR - OK /evader (NCO:748120 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 November, 1940)
F/Sgt (1451938) Philip Harold BROWN (nav.) RAFVR - Ok /evader, POW on 6 Feb 44

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft
4.http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1943% 20sec_tcm5-7284.pdf
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
6.POW list
7.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

26 September 1943	DZ370	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England		min
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

Mosquito Production list showing DZ519 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
21-Nov-2009 10:56	NePa	Updated
06-Nov-2011 12:53	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:12	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
18-Jul-2014 14:51	R.Depa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
19-Sep-2014 20:03	Lorenzo Lamas	Updated [Narrative]
03-Aug-2015 11:45	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
16-Sep-2018 18:52	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Oct-2018 17:16	TigerTimon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 17:16	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type]
19-Oct-2018 08:27	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Sep-2021 22:40	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Feb-2022 17:08	grapeshot418	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo]
05-Aug-2022 12:54	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]