ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71463
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ381 |
| MSN: | XD-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rhenegge, 2 km WSW of Adorf, Diemelsee, Hessen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ381/W: Took off at 19:15 hrs for an attack against the Schott glass works Jena, Thüringen. 27/05/1943
Collided with Mosquito DZ602 while avoiding light Flak. Crashing near Rhenegge, 2 km WSW of Adorf.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/3722) Harold Ransom SUTTON DFC (pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (134363) John Ernest MORRIS (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:655625 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 January, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ381 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2010 10:05 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2014 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 08:46 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-May-2019 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2020 14:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Feb-2020 22:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 17:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 07:52 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:09 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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