Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ361,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52469
 
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Date:Friday 13 November 1942
Time:12:51
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:105 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ361
MSN: GB-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Ritthem, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ361/C: Take off at 12:10 hrs for attack German merchant ship "Neumark" at Vlissingen.13/11/1942
Missing. Downed by flak immediately after the attack on Neumark.
Crew: 
F/Sgt (1376648) Norman BOOTH (pilot) RAFVR - killed 
Sgt (983303) Fred Arnold TURNER (obs) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1906

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
12 December 1943 DZ354 105 Sqn RAF 2 Herwijnen - Fort Asperen, Gelderland w/o

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ361 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
18-Nov-2009 04:17 NePa Updated
13-Nov-2010 08:18 Nepa Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Oct-2013 08:37 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 10:52 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 11:20 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Apr-2016 12:15 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
13-Nov-2017 18:45 TigerTimon Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Nov-2017 12:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 17:37 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
03-Apr-2019 18:20 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
02-Nov-2020 18:22 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
03-Nov-2020 11:47 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]
21-Jan-2021 15:32 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Operator]
21-Jan-2021 15:35 Anon. Updated [Source, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 20:48 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
06-Jan-2022 16:35 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 19:40 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]

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