ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52012
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:07 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ386 |
| MSN: | XD-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer east of Wieringermeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ386/H: Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for a Night mission to Berlin. 20/04/1943
Shot down by night fighter Lt.Linke of 12./NJG 1 in Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden (NL) at 02:07 hrs 21/04/1943
Crew:
W/Cdr (33285) William Peter SHAND DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (144203) Christopher Dinsdale HANDLEY DFM (obs.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1109629 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 June, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.Henk Welting's Database
4.VBS Database
5.CWGC
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1944 | KB161 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 1 | Chittering, near RAF stn Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 8 July 1944 | MM146 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | airfield F12 Kalmar, Småland |  |
sub |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ386 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:06 | NePa | Updated |
| 16-Jan-2010 09:28 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:49 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 08-Dec-2013 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2014 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2014 21:39 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 20-Apr-2018 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 14:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2021 08:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 11:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 16:40 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:22 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 28-Mar-2022 21:50 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2024 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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