ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70946
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| Date: | Saturday 15 August 1942 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK309 |
| MSN: | GB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mariakerke, Ghent, East Flanders. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK309: Took off at 12:21 hrs for a Bombing mission to Mainz. 15/08/1942
Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base.
At about 14:20 hrs in the Gent city area Unteroffizier Max Kolschek of the 6./JG 1 at Fw 190A from Woensdrecht airfield (NL) shot down DK309.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.400463) Geoffrey William DOWNE (pilot) RAAF - killed
P/O (109063) Alfred William GROVES (Obs.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:965345 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 November, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.VBS Database
5.http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg1.htm
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W4071 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England |  |
non |
| 11 October 1942 | DK317 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1942 | DK301 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | field at Abbey Farm near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 28 November 1942 | DZ369 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF stn Molesworth, Northamptonshire, England. | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | DZ591 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 12 January 1945 | MM226 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK309 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 11:27 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:48 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2019 21:00 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2021 20:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2021 14:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2021 16:55 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2021 09:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2021 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 20:22 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 15-Mar-2022 11:30 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jun-2022 00:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2022 09:37 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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