ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20333
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| Date: | Sunday 12 December 1943 |
| Time: | 19:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ354 |
| MSN: | GB-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herwijnen - Fort Asperen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ354/C: Took off at 16:52hrs for an Bombing operation over Essen. 12/12/1943
Shot down by Hptm Manfred Meurer of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying a Ju 88 from Venlo airfield. This Junkers was equipped, amongst other things, with SN-2 radar and GM-1 (a system for injecting nitrous oxide into aircraft engines). Meurer flew a so-called Moskitojagd operation. A/C crashed at 19:25 hrs in Herwijnen - Fort Asperen.
Crew:-
F/O (118712) Benjamin Frank REYNOLDS (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:917498 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 May, 1942)
F/O (138829) John Douglass PHILLIPS (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1282293 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 February, 1943)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
4.CWGC
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | W4064 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bazel, 10 miles south-west of Antwerp, Kruibeke, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 9 October 1942 | DK339 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | railway station of Sint-Truiden, Limburg. | |
w/o |
| 13 November 1942 | DZ361 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ritthem, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ354 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2008 23:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Feb-2010 13:36 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2011 02:40 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 12:55 | Route | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2015 17:13 | hewasahero | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 20:15 | Jixn | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2018 08:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2018 09:38 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Sep-2021 11:16 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2021 09:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 09:59 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:43 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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