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Date: | Tuesday 23 March 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DZ229 |
MSN: | YP-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea, west of Sicily -
Italy
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Destination airport: | RAF Luqa |
Narrative:Mosquito DZ239: Took off at 19:35 hrs on Train Busting duties in the west of Sicily. 23/03/1943
Train attacked, observer hit by stray .303 bullet and killed. Aircraft returned to base at 22:25 hrs.
Crew:-
F/O (45353) Arthur John HODGKINSON DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok (NCO:565887 Commission Gazetted : Friday 21 March, 1941)
W/O (523248) William Angus WOODMAN (obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 2. ORB 23 Sqn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
(written DZ239 in ORB, but this is not possible according to AM Form 78)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Aug-2017 14:27 |
Nepa |
Added |
17-Oct-2021 16:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
09-Dec-2023 12:05 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
03-May-2024 06:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator] |