ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20177
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 20:38 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ536 |
| MSN: | GB-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Metelerkamps Bauernhof 4, Bad Bentheim, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ536/E: Took off at 19:10 hrs for mission to Stork Diesel Works at Hengelo. 11/04/1943
During return shot down in running battle with six Fw 190A's of the I./JG 1 from Deelen airfield,(NL) at low level and crashed. Unteroffizier Werner Wiegand of the 2./JG 1 is credited with the victory.
Crew:
F/O (NZ415714) David POLGLASE (pilot) RNZAF - killed.
Sgt (1311504) Leslie Charles LAMPEN (obs.) RAFVR - killed.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. JFV Teil 10/II by Jochen Prien
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1942 | DZ313 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | near goods depot in a warehouse in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen. | |
w/o |
| 6 July 1944 | ML913 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ536 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 12:00 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2010 02:39 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:41 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2012 00:23 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2013 15:33 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2014 14:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2014 20:06 | MiG21 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 12-Dec-2015 19:01 | Gloug | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Apr-2016 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Apr-2018 11:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2019 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2019 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2019 10:43 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 30-Aug-2021 17:07 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 11:04 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 15:43 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:22 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2022 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2022 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2023 21:51 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Source, Operator]] |
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