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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ387 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Meppen and Bokeloh, Ems, Niedersachsen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ387: Took off at 08:52 hrs for an operation against Rheine in NRW. 20/12/1942 Missing.
Crew:
S/Ldr (44484) Jack Edward HOULSTON DFC AFC (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:565989 Commission Gazetted : Friday 27 September, 1940)
P/O (135457) James Lloyd ARMITAGE DFC (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:936476 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 DZ387 was a B Mk IV, click on Source #1 to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2010 10:05 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Feb-2012 04:02 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:13 | R.Giggs | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Oct-2015 08:42 | R.Giggs | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2016 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 30-Dec-2018 09:58 | m. fickers | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2021 15:38 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 16:59 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 21:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 11:29 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 19-Jan-2022 23:26 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:40 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 27-Jun-2022 08:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 01-Aug-2022 11:05 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Operator, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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