ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71835
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1943 |
| Time: | 23:57 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ605 |
| MSN: | XD-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wroxham Railway Station near RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ605/D: Took off at 19:15 hrs for an operation against the Schott glass works Jena. 27/05/1944
While preparing to land at RAF Coltishall, collided with high tension cables.
Came down at 23:57 hrs at Wroxham Railway Station.
Crew:
F/Lt (117689) Willdon Simpson Drysdale SUTHERLAND (pilot) RAFVR: killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 March, 1942)
F/O (120672) George Ernest DEAN (obs) RAFVR: killed (NCO:1436078 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 July, 1942)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1945 | KB367 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Kopsteeg at Papendijk, Geffen, Noord-Brabant. |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ605 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 10:48 | NePa | Added |
| 25-Feb-2012 13:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2014 15:19 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-May-2019 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 18:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2021 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 07:52 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 25-Apr-2022 22:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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