ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70920
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| Date: | Monday 4 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DK320 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, Sullom Voe, Shetlands, distance Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
Mosquito DK320: Took off on a Training flight /low level navigation exercise. 04/10/1943.
Missing. Supposedly shot down by German fighter during navex exercise. Parts of the fuselage drifted ashore in the Foe of Footabrough at Sullom Voe.
Crew:
Ltn. (N.5593) Arve BRAATHEN (pilot) RNoAF: killed
Ltn. (N.1028) Nils ROMNAES (nav.) RNoAF: killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 8 OTU RAF
3.CWGC
4.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
5.http://scramble.no/tng/getperson.php?
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK320 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 04:52 | NePa | Added |
| 07-Jan-2010 09:58 | NePa | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2010 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2010 13:18 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2010 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2011 12:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2014 09:21 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 10:12 | Route | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 11:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2018 16:49 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 22-Oct-2021 22:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:09 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 17-Mar-2022 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Sep-2022 22:01 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
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