Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ318,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20199
 
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Date:Sunday 25 July 1943
Time:23:59
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:1655 MTU RAF
Registration: DZ318
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ318: Took off for Night Training flight.25/07/1943.
Crashed on approach to land near RAF Marham at 23:59 hrs
Crew:
P/O (NZ????) Campbell PRENTICE (pilot) RNZAF - injured
P/O (134365) James Luke WARNER (obs) RAFVR - injured (NCO:655860 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 January, 1943)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1655 MTU RAF
3.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Databas
4.https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ318 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-May-2008 21:05 Nepa Added
30-May-2008 12:05 Nepa Updated
20-Jan-2010 11:49 NePa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Feb-2012 12:26 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2014 08:48 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
16-Aug-2014 13:04 Victor Updated [Location, Narrative]
13-Nov-2014 00:47 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
13-Nov-2014 01:06 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
13-Nov-2014 05:25 ringatu Updated [Narrative]
28-Jul-2015 18:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Damage]
14-Dec-2015 20:44 Victor Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 07:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
25-Mar-2019 10:58 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 18:54 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
13-Sep-2021 19:58 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 16:22 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Feb-2022 17:06 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
12-Oct-2022 07:56 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]

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