Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ381,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226494
 
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Date:Sunday 20 December 1942
Time:12:42
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:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ381
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ381: Took off at 08:52hrs for Bombing raid to Meppen. 20/12/1942
During flight damaged by AA fire. Crash on landing at 12:42 hrs. 
Crew: 
F/O (J/8793) John Henry BROWN (pilot) RCAF - Ok
F/O (116.772) Francis Edward HAY (obs.) RAFVR - Ok

Sources:

Sources: 
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 
2.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ381 was a B Mk IV, click on Source #1 to confirm. There was no Mosquito DK381

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Jun-2019 21:10 Nepa Added [Operator]
30-Aug-2021 14:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
30-Sep-2021 11:28 Nepa Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Oct-2021 22:22 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 19:40 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Photo]

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