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| Date: | Saturday 20 March 1943 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ496 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Foxburrow Wood near Brightwell, Oxfordshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
Mosquito DZ496: Took off at 17:50 hrs for Raid on Malines. 20/03/1943
Crashed on overshoot runway Martlesham Heath. Mosquito was hit by flak which disabled one of the two engines. Later that evening, at 19:25hrs, this Mosquito attempted a landing at RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, but F/Lt Wayman's first attempt at landing the now one-engine Mosquito was unsuccessful. While preparing for a second attempt, the Mosquito crashed at Foxburrow Wood near Brightwell.
Crew:
F/Lt (89359) Michael Myers WAYMAN DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:961385 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 January, 1941)
F/O (116769) Gordon Sampson CLEAR (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:751207 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 May, 1942)
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
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2010 10:16 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 12:52 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:46 | MiG17 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2014 07:59 | Gloug | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2015 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 02-Mar-2019 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Apr-2019 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 14:28 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2022 06:07 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 11-May-2022 06:07 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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