ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283610
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| Date: | Sunday 11 October 1942 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK317 |
| MSN: | GB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK317: Took off at 16:40 hrs for an operation against Hannover (Gr.) 11/10/1942
Missing. Hit by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Max Kolschek of the 4./JG 1 based at Woensdrecht airfield, who was flying a Fw 190A.
The location was noted as 'west of Hoek van Holland', which is located in Zuid-Holland.
Crew:
S/Ldr (80548) James Gerard Leslie KNOWLES (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:742046 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 July, 1940)
P/O (131659) Charles Douglas Alan GARTSIDE (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:948197 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
4. JG 1 claim list
5. ww2.dk
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W4071 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England |  |
non |
| 15 August 1942 | DK309 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Mariakerke, Ghent, East Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1942 | DK301 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | field at Abbey Farm near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 28 November 1942 | DZ369 | 105 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF stn Molesworth, Northamptonshire, England. | |
w/o |
| 22 October 1943 | DZ591 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 12 January 1945 | MM226 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2022 16:41 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2022 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Oct-2022 08:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Category] |
| 11-Oct-2022 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source] |
| 11-Oct-2022 11:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2022 07:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2022 07:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2022 08:25 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2022 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Category] |
| 12-Oct-2022 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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