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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DD800 |
| MSN: | YP-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea. -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Mosquito DD800/V: Took off at 18:15 hrs to attack targets in the Sfax and Sousse areas. 02/03/1943
Missing. The ditching was caused by double engine failure. The pilot was he survived the ditching.
Crew:
F/Sgt (655346) Ronald Edgar WAKEFORD (pilot) RAFVR - POW
Sgt (1163062) Kenneth Eric WINSOR (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.Air Britain Serials
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 10:14 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 12:23 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2011 10:38 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 07:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Country, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Sep-2014 18:40 | Glock G19 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-May-2015 18:39 | King T. | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 01-Mar-2018 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Damage, ] |
| 20-Oct-2018 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 04-Sep-2021 05:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 17-Oct-2021 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-Jan-2022 09:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 18-May-2022 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Operator, ] |
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