ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71412
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:17 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ379 |
| MSN: | XD-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berge, 5km west-north-west of Nauen, Brandenburg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Mosquito DZ379/Z: Take off at 20:52 hrs for bomb. mission over Berlin. 17/08/1943
Shot down by Unteroffizier Edmund Rajzner of the 4./JG Herrmann, flying an Fw 190A at 00:17hrs 18/08/1943
Crew:
F/O (132.914) Aubrey Stanley COOKE (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1340494) David Albert Henry DIXON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 January 1945 | MM132 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | 1 mile of the runway RAF stn Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, England |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ379 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2010 11:07 | NePa | Added |
| 22-Nov-2011 13:22 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 07-Jul-2014 07:46 | Pepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2018 16:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2018 06:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2018 15:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2018 15:41 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 16:47 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2021 09:53 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 09:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2022 17:06 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 25-Jul-2022 13:06 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2022 13:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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