ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71577
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 20:36 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ470 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Destelbergen, 5 km east of Ghent, East Flanders province. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ470: Took off at 19:45 hrs to bomb targets at Mechelen, province of Antwerpen.
Believed hit and damaged by light Flak which caused the Mosquito to break away from the formation.
Shortly aftwards it was shot down by two Fw190s from 9./JG 26 near Malines.
Crashed at Destelbergen (Oost Vlaanderen), 5 km east of Gent.
Crew:
F/O (J/8793) John Henry BROWN (pilot) RCAF - Killed
F/O (119902) George POUNDER (obs) RAFVR - Killed (NCO:1376497 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 November, 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
5.JFV Teil 10/IV by Jochen Prien et al.
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ470 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2010 10:36 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 07:36 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:20 | Taillor | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 14-Mar-2019 08:21 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2021 21:27 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 11:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:22 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 28-Jun-2022 00:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2023 21:52 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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