Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ497,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52090
 
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Date:Tuesday 16 March 1943
Time:19:29
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: DZ497
MSN: XD-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:dunes 1.2 km south of Den Hoorn, Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ497/Q: Take off at 16:50 hrs for mission to Paderborn. 16/03/1943
Shot down by Marineflak 11./808 at 19:29hrs.
Crew:
P/O (NZ411989) Peter John Dickson McGEEHAN DFM (pilot) RNZAF - killed
F/O (119221) Reginald Charles MORRIS DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1222695 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 June, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.139 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ497 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Nov-2009 11:45 NePa Updated
31-Oct-2011 12:42 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:04 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
07-Jul-2014 18:38 MiG29 Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 13:35 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
15-Mar-2018 08:38 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
16-Mar-2018 10:10 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2018 19:05 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
06-Sep-2018 07:00 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jan-2019 07:05 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
02-Nov-2020 15:51 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
01-Sep-2021 08:35 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 10:45 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 12:26 TB Updated [Location, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:16 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
15-Jun-2022 07:09 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
18-Jun-2022 17:21 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 06:04 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2022 16:17 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:03 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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