ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52105
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | 19:14 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ373 |
| MSN: | XD-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, 8 km south-south-east of Bergen op Zoom, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ373/B: Took off at 17:10 hrs for a Bombing mission to Liage. 12/03/1943
Missing. Homebound, shot down by Flak. Crashing in the Oosterschelde off Woensdrecht, 8 km SSE of Bergen op Zoom at 19:14 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (1333597) Ronald McMurray PACE (pilot) RAFVR: killed
P/O (131765) George COOK (obs) RAFVR: killed (NCO:1450342 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 December, 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
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1945 | KB390 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Berlin. |  |
w/o |
| 17 October 1950 | VP179 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ373 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 11:44 | NePa | Updated |
| 10-Jan-2010 23:28 | NePa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:00 | R.Giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 13:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jan-2016 17:36 | R.Giggs | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 17:41 | King T. | Updated [Cn] |
| 07-Apr-2016 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2018 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2019 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2020 15:50 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 11:00 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 18:09 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:16 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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