ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71832
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| Date: | Saturday 27 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:27 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ610 |
| MSN: | XD- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km north of Domburg, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ610: Takeoff at 23:05 hrs for an operation against Ludwigshafen. 27/05/1944
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel W. Morlock of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 from Venlo airfield and operating under 'Himmelbett' control.
Crew:
F/O (130125) Reginald James WRIGHT (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1270902 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 October, 1942)
F/O (144201) George Frederick JARVIS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:759237 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 June, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
6. Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 026
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ610 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 10:48 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 13:19 | Route | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2014 08:42 | Cliford | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Aug-2015 18:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2019 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2020 19:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2020 21:41 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2021 21:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2022 09:00 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 26-May-2022 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2022 21:49 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 19:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:32 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2023 20:38 | redsix | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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