ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121896
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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:37 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB329 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flatow, Kremmen, Brandenburg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito KB329: Took off at 23:24 hrs to carry out an attack on Berlin. 24/06/1944
The aircraft was not seen or heard from after take off and failed to return to base.
Flying at a height of 7,800 metres, Mossie KB329 was intercepted in the target area by Lt Ewald Hittler and his Bordfunker Unteroffizier Wilhelm Wildschütze of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield (NL) at around 00:40 hrs, in a Heinkel He 219 A-0. Crash at 01:37 hrs. 25/06/1944
Crew:
F/Lt (Aus.404623) William Wrixon BOYLSON DFC & Bar (pilot) RAAF - killed
S/Ldr (123621) George Heath WILSON DSO DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1314086 Commission Gazetted : Friday 10 July, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2,ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 December 1942 | DZ384 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 1 | Cubitt's Farm, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 14 December 1942 | DK336 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. | |
min |
| 20 December 1942 | DZ387 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Between Meppen and Bokeloh, Ems, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
| 13 August 1943 | DZ607 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea off Norfolk coast, England | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1943 | DZ465 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 20 August 1943 | DZ348 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen. | |
w/o |
| 1 September 1943 | DK337 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Nordrhein-Westfalen. | |
w/o |
| 15 September 1943 | DZ598 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea, north-east of Cromer, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 17 September 1943 | DZ428 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England | |
w/o |
| 24 November 1943 | DZ614 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 1 | Borkheide, 8 km north-east of Brück, Brandenburg. | |
w/o |
| 5 May 1944 | DZ646 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
| 12 June 1944 | DZ609 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | east of Salzwedel, Sachsen-Anhalt. | |
w/o |
| 6 August 1944 | KB118 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 1 | Wilhelmstraße street, Hünxe, Nordrhein-Westfalen. | |
w/o |
| 16 August 1944 | KB206 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England. | |
min |
| 11 September 1944 | KB227 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Siedlung Schönwalde, Schönwalde-Glien, Brandenburg. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2011 04:31 | Nepa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2014 14:11 | DG333 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 15:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 29-Apr-2019 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2020 07:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2020 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2021 10:35 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2022 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 07:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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