ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70939
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| Date: | Sunday 6 September 1942 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK322 |
| MSN: | GB-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tourinnes-la-Grosse, 11km SSE of Leuven, Flemish Brabant. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK322/P: Took off at 15:02 hrs for operational flight over Frankfurt am Main (Ger.). 06/09/1942
Duel with Feldwebel Erwin Roden of the 12./JG 1, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A.
Missing. Crashed at 18:30 hrs near Tourinnes-la-Grosse, 11km SSE of Leuven (Belg.)
Crew:
Sgt (1168696) Kenneth Cyril PICKETT (pilot) RAFVR - baled out /POW
Sgt (943155) Herbert Edmund EVANS (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/17667
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 1942 | DK296 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England. |  |
min |
| 28 July 1942 | DK295 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Altwettener woods, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen. |  |
w/o |
| 27 January 1943 | DK336 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | near RAF stn Shipdham, 4miles SSW of East Dereham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK322 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 10:24 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:53 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2014 12:03 | Thomas Fuk | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2014 17:11 | Giggatson | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 07:03 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2019 20:02 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 12:08 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 14:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:02 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2022 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 20:43 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 27-Jul-2022 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 00:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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