ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71411
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| Date: | Thursday 6 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ370 |
| MSN: | XD-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ370/U: Took off at 20:45 hrs for an Bombing operation against Hamburg. 06/04/1944
Lost without trace. Missing.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Andrew Mackenzie Howden RCAF J/28764 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Frederick Stevens RAFVR 135013 (NCO:1164558 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 1943 | DZ370 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
min |
| 20 October 1943 | DZ519 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | Mantinge, near Westerbork, Drenthe. |  |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | DZ597 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Zaatzke, Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg. | |
w/o |
| 31 October 1943 | DZ593 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Erp, country road towards Friesheim, 200m in front of the city limits. | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ370 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2010 11:07 | NePa | Added |
| 09-Feb-2012 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-Jul-2014 13:56 | Repac | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 08:17 | Bodie R. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2015 07:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2019 21:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2021 21:05 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Oct-2021 18:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2022 19:52 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 06-Apr-2022 08:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:24 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jul-2022 17:31 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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