ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19889
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| Date: | Thursday 15 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ515 |
| MSN: | XD-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ515/M: Took off at 23:20 hrs for a Night bombing mission to Berlin. 14/07/1943
The last report the aircraft was on fire and the crew was baling out.
The aircraft was found on the water but the crew was missing. Lost without trace. 15/07/1943
Crew:
F/O (102139) Raymond CLARKE (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:1186113 Commission Gazetted : Friday 22 August, 1941)
F/Sgt (850080) Eric John THORNE (nav.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Databas
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ515 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2008 09:55 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Feb-2010 10:22 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2010 23:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-May-2010 23:29 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 09-May-2010 23:31 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 10-May-2010 00:16 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:49 | MiG29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 11:28 | Digger | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2014 19:26 | Earl | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jul-2015 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Feb-2019 16:28 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2021 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2021 08:23 | a | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 15:57 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 21-Feb-2022 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2022 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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