Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ380,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71413
 
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Date:Saturday 3 April 1943
Time:20:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ380
MSN: XD-X
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chemin d'Hericamp, Houdain-lez-Bavay, département du Nord. -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ380/X: Took off at 18:15 hrs for mission to Aulnoye. 03/04/1943
Missing. The Mossie was shot down by two Fw 190A. Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Mackenstedt of the 6./JG 26 was credited with the victory. The 6. Staffel was based at Vitry-en-Artois airfield at that time.
Crew:
F/O (119014) William Oliver PEACOCK (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1007387 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 April, 1942)
Sgt (996559) Raymond Charles SAUNDERS (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3898
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ380 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jan-2010 11:08 NePa Added
31-Oct-2011 13:16 Nepa Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2012 10:05 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
18-Jul-2014 14:04 Froome Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
25-Jul-2015 08:08 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
14-Mar-2019 08:11 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2021 09:44 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 21:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]
13-Sep-2021 11:18 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 20:23 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
15-Apr-2022 08:56 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 06:04 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
30-Jul-2022 16:22 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:06 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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