ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71727
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| Date: | Friday 10 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 684 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ696 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rangoon, Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Comilla, Eastern Bengal, India |
Mosquito DZ696/S: Took off for Photo Reconnaissance mission over Rangoon Area. 10/12/1943.
Additionally, on 10 December Capt. Kuroe (of 64th Sentai, Japanese AF) pursued another Mosquito for 40 minutes out over sea and damaged its left engine. Despite his Oscar's guns jamming he bluffed the Mosquito crew into turning back to land. They flew back to Kuroe's base in formation, when Capt.Kuroe instructed the Mosquito to land. Unfortunately, the Mosquito DZ696 hit a tree and crashed fatally
Crew:
F/O (115187) Eugene COTTON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Sgt (1288560) Raymond Edward WOODS (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk/D10ReminiscencesDstaffshg.htm
3. ORB 684 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2010 08:36 | NePa | Added |
| 21-Jan-2010 09:51 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2011 02:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2021 22:44 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2022 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2023 11:32 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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