Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK318,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70306
 
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Date:Thursday 25 March 1943
Time:22:30
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:109 Sqn RAF
Registration: DK318
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:English Channel near North Foreland, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DK318: Take off at 19:30hrs for bomber mission over Duisburg. 25/03/1943
Missing, presumed ditched returning from mission. Last heard calling for help at 22:30hrs, believed in the region of the North Foreland.
Crew:
F/Lt (114192) Leslie James ACKLAND DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1166009 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 February, 1942)
P/O (J/17228) Frederick Stanley STROUTS (obs) RCAF - killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DK318 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Dec-2009 10:55 NePa Added
31-Oct-2011 13:02 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Dec-2011 04:49 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
26-Jun-2014 08:51 Next Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Aug-2014 09:29 Xindel Updated [Location]
23-Jul-2015 19:00 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]
15-Mar-2016 10:21 Xindel Updated [Source, Narrative]
17-Apr-2016 16:33 Nepa Updated [Date, Narrative]
04-Sep-2018 10:07 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:38 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
03-Sep-2021 10:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Jan-2022 12:24 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 19:25 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
26-Mar-2022 07:53 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
30-Jun-2022 12:16 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Jul-2022 06:04 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2022 16:21 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Oct-2022 07:56 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]

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