Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK312,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70948
 
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Date:Saturday 1 August 1942
Time:14:48
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:105 Sqn RAF
Registration: DK312
MSN: GB-U
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith
Narrative:
Mosquito DK312/U: Took off at 11:35 hrs for an operation against Frankfurt am Main (Ger.) 01/08/1942
Crashed on overshoot, while making a single engine approach to base at 14:48 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (1310949) Kenneth Samuel Whiteway WILKINSON (pilot) RAFVR – injured
Sgt (????) J. BASTOW (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/16680

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 July 1942 DK312 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England non
30 July 1942 DK302 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England min

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DK312 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2010 11:27 NePa Added
23-Mar-2011 02:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2012 02:06 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
07-Jun-2014 14:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Jun-2014 08:01 Next Updated [Location, Narrative]
04-Aug-2014 10:31 Next Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 09:13 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
11-Apr-2016 13:51 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 06:26 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
22-Apr-2019 13:23 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator]
26-Aug-2021 14:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative]
13-Sep-2021 06:28 Nepa Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Oct-2021 21:22 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
19-Oct-2021 10:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
13-Feb-2022 20:29 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
27-Jul-2022 21:37 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2022 21:39 Nepa Updated [Cn, Narrative, Operator]

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