Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ607,
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Date:Friday 13 August 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ607
MSN: XD-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Norfolk coast, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ607: Took off at 21:50 hrs for an Bombing operation against Berlin. 13/08/1943
Ditched off Norfolk coast returning from mission over Berlin.
Crew:
F/Sgt (656860) Herbert Malcolm VALENTINE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (134366 Kendrick Wyville RAWLINS (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1800010 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.Henk Welting's 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
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
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 DZ607 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-May-2008 09:55 Nepa Added
15-Feb-2010 10:21 NePa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
22-Nov-2011 13:18 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:15 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Jul-2014 14:26 Paix Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-Sep-2014 21:20 Investig Updated [Location, Narrative]
30-Jul-2015 17:18 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
03-Feb-2019 16:19 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 19:06 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
01-Sep-2021 09:29 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 22:43 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 22:12 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:21 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2023 18:00 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative]]

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