ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52483
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| Date: | Friday 30 October 1942 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK316 |
| MSN: | GB-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Californiëstraat Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK316/J: Took off at 11:48 hrs for mission to Lingen-Ems. 30/10/1942
Missing. Shot down by Flak. Crashed at 14:20 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (1381056) Edward Leon SIMON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (655642) Thomas Whiteley BALMFORTH (obs) RAFVR - killed
Both members of the crew are buried at the Bergen Op Zoom War Cemetery.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1893
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 1942 | DK308 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | north of Langeoog Island, Niedersachsen. |  |
w/o |
| 30 January 1943 | DZ367 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Altengrabow, Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt. | |
w/o |
| 5 February 1944 | DZ548 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Colne Field Farm, near St.Ives, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 28 February 1945 | RV304 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
min |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK316 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 04:17 | NePa | Updated |
| 05-Feb-2012 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 11:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Apr-2016 11:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2017 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2020 20:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 21-Jan-2021 15:16 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2022 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 14-Feb-2022 18:12 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 30-Oct-2022 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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