Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK308,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70949
 
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Date:Saturday 1 August 1942
Time:13:18
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: DK308
MSN: GB-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:north of Langeoog Island, Niedersachsen. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DK308/J: Took off at 11:39 hrs for Bombing mission over Bremen. 01/08/1942 
Missing. Claim by Unteroffizier Karl Bugaj of the 11./JG 1. Crashed north of Langeoog at 13:18 hrs.
Crew: 
F/O (J/19934) Leslie George COLLINS (pilot) RCAF - POW 
P/O (104567) Phadric Woodrow KERRY (obs.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1255737 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.POW list
4.CWGC
5.VBS Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 October 1942 DK316 105 Sqn RAF 2 Californiëstraat Den Helder, Noord-Holland w/o
30 January 1943 DZ367 105 Sqn RAF 2 Altengrabow, Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt. w/o
5 February 1944 DZ548 105 Sqn RAF 2 Colne Field Farm, near St.Ives, Huntingdonshire, England w/o
Mid-air collision
28 February 1945 RV304 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England min

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DK308 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2010 11:27 NePa Added
21-Mar-2011 09:50 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2014 15:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Jun-2014 07:28 Next Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 09:11 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Apr-2016 13:51 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-Jan-2018 17:39 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 06:39 Nepa Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jun-2019 19:31 Anon. Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
01-Jul-2019 15:55 Nepa Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
14-May-2020 20:24 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2021 14:37 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location]
30-Aug-2021 10:10 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 20:10 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 20:14 Anon. Updated [Departure airport, Operator]
13-Oct-2021 18:28 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
10-Jan-2022 23:43 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
13-Feb-2022 20:22 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
07-Jun-2022 16:50 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2022 21:39 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Aug-2022 06:41 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 18:16 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:33 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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