Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ420,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71496
 
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Date:Thursday 18 February 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ420
MSN: XD-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:L'Anfresne, Vengeons, Sourdeval, Manche département. -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ420/F: Took off at 16:30 hrs for a mission over Tours. 18/02/1943
Missing. Crashed north-west of Tours at Vengeons, about 8 km south-south-west of Vire in France.
Crew:
F/Sgt (655615) Frederick Alfred BUDDEN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1245949) Frank MORRIS (obs) RAFVR - killed



Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqn RAF
3. https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3893

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1944 KB266 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 2 Grossenheim, 24km east-north-east of Bremerhaven. w/o
13 July 1945 PF501 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Tangmere, West Sussex, England w/o

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ420 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jan-2010 10:50 NePa Added
18-Jul-2011 02:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 09:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Jul-2014 13:00 giggs Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 13:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
10-Oct-2015 06:54 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2019 18:48 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
22-Apr-2019 13:33 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:21 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
24-Aug-2021 19:26 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
30-Aug-2021 09:37 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 21:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jan-2022 21:21 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:10 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]

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