ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71813
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ602 |
| MSN: | XD-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rhenegge, 2 km WSW of Adorf, Diemelsee, Hessen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ602/R: Took off at 19:15 hrs for an attack against the Schott glass works Jena. 27/05/1943
Collided with Mosquito DZ381 while avoiding light Flak. Crashing near Rhenegge, 2 km WSW of Adorf.
Crew:-
F/O (120489) Frederick OPENSHAW (Pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:987764 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 May, 1942)
Sgt (1325380) Alfred Newman STONESTREET (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4. CWGC
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 March 1944 | DZ359 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1945 | KB222 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Natho, 10 km east-south-east of Zerbst. | |
w/o |
| 3 April 1945 | KB185 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ602 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 01:28 | NePa | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2012 01:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2014 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 15:24 | MiG15 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 08:43 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-May-2019 09:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 13:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 15:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2020 08:05 | PeterF | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2021 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:31 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 07:52 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2023 13:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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