ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70912
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| Date: | Friday 9 October 1942 |
| Time: | 08:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK339 |
| MSN: | GB-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway station of Sint-Truiden, Limburg. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mosquito DK339/C: Took off at 05:25 hrs for mission against Duisburg. 09/10/1942
At 08:05 hrs shot down by Feldwebel Fritz Timm of the 12./JG 1 based at München-Gladbach airfield, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A.
Crew:
W/O (564555) Charles Ronald Kernick BOOLS (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (1054492) George William JACKSON (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF.
3.https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/mosquito-bij-sint-truiden
4.https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
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 |
| 13 November 1942 | DZ361 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ritthem, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 12 December 1943 | DZ354 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Herwijnen - Fort Asperen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK339 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 04:51 | NePa | Added |
| 01-Apr-2010 05:56 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2012 14:08 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 11:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 11:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Apr-2016 11:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2017 10:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2017 07:57 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 16:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:04 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2021 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 20:50 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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