Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ367,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70104
 
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Date:Saturday 30 January 1943
Time:
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: DZ367
MSN: GB-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Altengrabow, Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ367/J: Took off at 13:25 hrs for a attack into Berlin to interrupt large rallies addressed by Nazi leaders. 30/01/1943
The daring raid was in two formations with 3 Mosquitos on each. The first 3 reached Berlin and bombed at mid morning - the exact time that Goering was due to speak. The speech was delayed for an hour - these 3 Mosquitos returned all safe. In the afternoon the next formation of 3 arrived at the time that Goebbels was due to speak and all again bombed at the correct time. German defences however had been alerted. Mosquito DZ367 was shot down by German AA. 30/01/1943
Crew:
S/Ldr (40368) Donald Frederick William DARLING DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (116695) William WRIGHT (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1115900 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 August 1942 DK308 105 Sqn RAF 1 north of Langeoog Island, Niedersachsen. w/o
30 October 1942 DK316 105 Sqn RAF 2 Californiëstraat Den Helder, Noord-Holland w/o
5 February 1944 DZ548 105 Sqn RAF 2 Colne Field Farm, near St.Ives, Huntingdonshire, England w/o
Mid-air collision
28 February 1945 RV304 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England min

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ367 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Nov-2009 11:44 NePa Added
07-Apr-2010 22:27 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
18-Jul-2011 02:44 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Jul-2013 07:47 Nepa Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
08-Jun-2014 14:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jun-2014 16:01 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 14:29 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
09-Sep-2018 08:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Dec-2018 06:25 Nepa Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator]
24-Aug-2021 19:19 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
30-Aug-2021 10:22 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 15:59 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Sep-2021 10:17 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Jan-2022 22:36 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jan-2022 17:23 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]
15-Feb-2022 19:07 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:11 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
05-Aug-2022 12:57 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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