ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71831
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| Date: | Monday 12 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ609 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DZ609: Took off at 23:25 hrs on an Night operation to Berlin. 11/06/1944
Missing. Was subjected to intense and accurate Flak. Crashed at 01:15 hrs. 12/06/1944
Flying a Heinkel He 219 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands, Oblt. Josef Nabrich and his Bordfunker Fw. Fritz Habicht of the 3./NJG 1 attacked the Mosquito at 01:13 hrs west of Salzwedel, Germany. Firing two bursts they witnessed the aircraft go down vertically before exploding below the cloud cover.
Crew:
F/Lt (NZ401368) Charles Anthony ARMSTRONG DFM (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (159688) George Leonard WOOLVEN (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:908720 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
4.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 |
| 18 August 1943 | DZ465 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, 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 |
| 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 DZ609 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 10:47 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2012 02:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Jul-2013 09:00 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 14:24 | Paix | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 16:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2019 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2020 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2020 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Oct-2020 22:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2021 19:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 22-Oct-2021 23:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2024 08:39 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative] |
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