Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX KB349,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144368
 
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Date:Wednesday 4 April 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: KB349
MSN: XD-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito KB349/F: Took off at 21:28 hrs for mission to Magdeburg. 04/04/1945
Lost without a trace. Missing. S/Ldr Dow is believed to be on his 65th sortie.
Crew:
S/Ldr (41266) Thomas Roy Asquith DOW DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Lt (116884) Jack Stuart ENDERSBY (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:999278 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 March, 1942)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=139
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2012 09:37 Nepa Added
23-Oct-2013 13:16 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
28-Oct-2013 17:25 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
25-Jul-2014 14:15 DG333 Updated [Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 20:11 Giggs Updated [Location]
24-Aug-2015 16:24 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
01-Mar-2016 17:01 Charlie Harper Updated [Cn, Narrative]
14-Feb-2019 18:26 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Sep-2021 11:09 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Apr-2022 08:06 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
25-Apr-2022 20:16 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jun-2022 18:31 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2022 08:05 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 17:48 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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