ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243552
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ423 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF stn Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DZ423: Take off at 23:00hrs for night bombing mission. 27/05/1944
Homeward-bound and while flying some 60 km west-northwest of Den Helder (the Netherlands), the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Fw. Rauer/Fw. Weber of the 3./NJG 1 who had left Venlo at 00:04 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+DL.
The aircraft was hit in the tail plane, starboard engine nacelle and bomb doors.(Damage Cat. B).
The plane crash-landed at RAF Wittering at 03:55 hrs. 28/05/1944
Crew:
F/O (157106) Thomas DICKINSON DFM (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/O (130801) David William GRIFFITHS DFC (nav.) RAFVR - Ok
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three.
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ423 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 17:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2020 22:26 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2020 22:57 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-May-2021 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 05-Sep-2021 17:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2022 09:00 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 28-May-2023 05:47 | Anon. | Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]] |
| 06-Sep-2023 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [[[Aircraft type, Source, Photo]]] |
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