ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71059
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ233 |
| MSN: | YP-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Mosquito DZ233/T: Take off at 20:55 hrs for mission to West Sicily. 03/04/1943 Missing.
Crew:
Sgt (1383938) Ronald HESLOP (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (123.503) John Alexander Grant THOMSON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 1942 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England |  |
min |
| 7 September 1942 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
| 25 January 1943 | DZ233 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Luqa | |
min |
| 27 October 1944 | HR211 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Little Snoring, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | RS577 | 23 Sqn RAF | 2 | the airfield Münster-Handorf near Münster |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2010 10:37 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:16 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2014 12:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 07:03 | Oezil | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2015 15:41 | Lixon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Jan-2019 10:22 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2021 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2022 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 19:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Damage, Operator] |
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