Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK303,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216656
 
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Date:Wednesday 22 July 1942
Time:11:33
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: DK303
MSN: GB-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith
Narrative:
Mosquito DK303/V: Took off at 09:10 hrs for mission to Münster (Ger.). 22/07/1942
Returned early for Starboard engine failure. Landing Ok at 11:33 hrs.
Crew:
F/Lt (46332) Edgar Alfred COSTELLO-BOWEN AFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
W/O (515779) Thomas John BROOM DFC (obs.) RAF - Ok




Sources:

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

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 August 1942 DK303 105 Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent, England w/o
7 November 1942 DK328 105 Sqn RAF 0 beach near the Gironde estuary; Nouvelle-Aquitaine. w/o
26 February 1943 DZ365 105 Sqn RAF 2 Launais, 1 km SE of Moigné, Le Rheu, Ille-et-Vilaine département. w/o
15 December 1944 ML919 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England w/o
31 December 1944 MM225 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Manston, Kent, England sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Oct-2018 16:48 Nepa Added [Operator]
25-Oct-2018 16:56 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
30-Aug-2021 13:50 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative]
13-Oct-2021 22:00 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Oct-2021 10:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
27-Jul-2022 18:56 Nepa Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Aug-2022 17:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]

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