ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19884
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| Date: | Sunday 31 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ593 |
| MSN: | XD-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Erp, country road towards Friesheim, 200m in front of the city limits. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ593/U: Took off at 17:57 hrs for an operation against Köln. 31/10/1943
Several AA guns in the positions of Köttingen, Brüggen, Aldenrath and Marsdorf were involved in the shooting down. Crashed in Erftstadt/ ERP near Lechenich in target area. According to the diary entries of a the Flak 5./135 in Marsdorf, the Mossie flew at an altitude of approx. 6000 meters, dropped to 3000 meters after the shelling and then disappeared from the instruments.
Crew:
W/O (1293733) Bernard Christian Naylor WRIGHT (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (759324) Frederick James SPENCER (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3. Todesbescheinigungen der Crew vom Reservelazaret Köln-Nippes
4.Erftstadt/ ERP
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 1943 | DZ370 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
min |
| 20 October 1943 | DZ519 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | Mantinge, near Westerbork, Drenthe. |  |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | DZ597 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Zaatzke, Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg. | |
w/o |
| 6 April 1944 | DZ370 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ593 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2008 09:55 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2010 09:36 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 13:06 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-Jul-2014 14:53 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:05 | Froome | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:42 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 17:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:08 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 05-Sep-2022 11:44 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2022 10:43 | manniwei | Updated [Location, Source] |
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