Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ378,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198448
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

Date:Sunday 20 December 1942
Time:13:06
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: DZ378
MSN: GB-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ378/K: Took off at 08:49 hrs for an operation against Delmenhorst airfield (Ger.) 20/02/1942
Heavily damaged AA during the mission. Engine damaged and hull. Belly landing at 13:06 hrs in base.
20.2.1943 to 3509M, simply means it was converted to a maintenance /training /hangar queen airframe.
Crew: 
S/Ldr (40259) Reginald Wilfred REYNOLDS DSO DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok 
P/O (130208) Edward Barnes SISMORE DFC (obs.) RAFVR - Ok (NCO:758008 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 October, 1942)




Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.Henk Welting's Database
4.CWGC
5.http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DZ378.
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 February 1943 DZ413 105 Sqn RAF 2 La Jouaudière, Les Landes d'Apigné, Le Rheu, Ille-et-Vilaine. w/o

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ378 was a B Mk IV, click on Source #1 to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Aug-2017 08:07 Nepa Added
09-Sep-2018 07:07 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
28-Oct-2018 10:24 Nepa Updated [Date, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative, Operator]
26-Aug-2021 17:30 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2021 17:30 TigerTimon Updated [Phase]
13-Oct-2021 21:02 Nepa Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 20:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 19:40 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
05-Aug-2022 13:42 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org