ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70945
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| Date: | Saturday 11 July 1942 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK299 |
| MSN: | GB-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - south of Rejsby å (River), Jutland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK299/S: Took off at 17:21 hrs for mission U-boat pens in Flensburg (Ger.). 11/07/1942
A Mosquito was the target for flak over Sylt. Crew believed that they were over Germany and chose to attack a secondary target. They choose Tønder rail way station in Denmark. DK299 followed the railroad to the north and south of Skærbæk it attacked a train. Meanwhile a German Bf 109G-1 fighter piloted by Uffz. Herbert Biermann of 2./JG 1 had closed in behind the Mosquito and opened fire. Apparently he dammaged it badly enough to make. Crew try to crash land the aircraft south of Rejsby å (River) at 19:09 hrs. 11.7.1942.
Mosquito skidded across the fields at high speed, crossed the river and hit the opposite bank, and broke up.
Crew:
F/Lt (J/4819) George Pryce HUGHES (pilot) RCAF - Killed
P/O (65556) Thomas Albert GABE (obs) RAF - killed (NCO:983203 Commission Gazetted : Friday 30 May, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/16302
4.CWGC
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 1942 | DK325 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - Oslofjord. |  |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK299 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 10:50 | NePa | Added |
| 21-Feb-2010 01:18 | NePa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2011 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2014 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 08:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2015 17:30 | Django | Updated [Cn, Location] |
| 30-Sep-2015 17:34 | Django | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2016 16:20 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2018 17:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 15:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 17:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2018 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 13:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2022 23:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 19:59 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Source, Photo] |
| 13-Feb-2022 20:13 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Jul-2022 21:46 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2022 07:38 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-May-2023 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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