ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70173
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| Date: | Sunday 6 August 1944 |
| Time: | 23:46 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB118 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilhelmstraße street, Hünxe, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito KB118: Takeoff at 22:05 hrs. for Night mission to Castrop-Rauxel. 06/08/1944
Missing. The aircraft was shot up by heavy (schwere) Flak and subsequently abandoned in air at 7500ft.
Aircraft condition unknown, abondoned due to loss of control.
Radio apparatus on except when shot down at 23:46 hrs. 06/08/1944
Flt Lt Hooke awarded MiD. Gazetted 8 June 1944.
Crew:-
F/O (133542) Bobbie Elliott HOOKE (pilot) RAFVR - POW (NCO:1291375 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 December, 1942) PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number ?
F/O (172088) John STEVENSON (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:9210907 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 March, 1944) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 7 Row F Grave 10.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3. POW list RAF
4. CWGC
5. 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 |
| 25 June 1944 | KB329 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Flatow, Kremmen, Brandenburg. | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2009 11:06 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Nov-2011 13:00 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 07-Jan-2013 07:49 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2014 11:13 | Gerrard | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2015 19:48 | pietrzak | Updated [Date, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 23-Aug-2015 11:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2021 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2021 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date] |
| 04-Mar-2021 13:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 26-Mar-2021 12:23 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:32 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 22:47 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 20:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2023 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 18-Nov-2023 22:27 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2023 13:26 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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