ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71511
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1943 |
| Time: | 02:13 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ465 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ465: Took off at 20:49 hrs for a diversionary raid on Berlin 17/08/1943
Intended to draw the night-fighters away from a main bomber force targeting the V1 and V2 test site at Peenemünde (successfully bombed early hours of 18 /8/1943) The starboard engine was hit by flak fragments and shut down. They returned 430 miles back to base on one engine. Unfortunately, lack of fuel this engine cut out during the landing in RAF Swanton Morley at 02:13 hrs. 18/08/1943
Crew:
F/Lt (66010) Roy Arthur Vernon CRAMPTON (pilot) RAF- injured (NCO:962706 Commission Gazetted : Friday 06 June, 1941)
F/O (133060) Philip Louis Ulrich CROSS DFC (obs) RAFVR - injured (NCO:1399189 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 January, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
4.VBS Database
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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 |
| 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 |
| 15 September 1943 | DZ598 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea, north-east of Cromer, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 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 |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ465 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2010 09:28 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Nov-2011 13:25 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2012 06:41 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:20 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 07-Jul-2014 07:44 | Pepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 18:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2021 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2021 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2021 22:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 17:06 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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