ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70759
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 08:05 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4064 |
| MSN: | GB-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bazel, 10 miles south-west of Antwerp, Kruibeke, East Flanders. -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito W4064/C: Took off at 05:30 hrs for bombing and PR mission over Cologne. 31/05/1942.
Hit by AA Cologne and crashlanded Bazel Neth. Ten miles SW of Antwerp, at Bazel on the west bank of the Schelde river, they had tried to crash land but ultimately ditched. Crew bodies were washed ashore.
Crew:
P/O (101549) William Deryck KENNARD (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1260940 Commission Gazetted : Friday 15 August, 1941)
P/O (108041) Eric Raymond JOHNSON (obs.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:964385 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 November, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/14687
4.CWGC
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1942 | DK339 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | railway station of Sint-Truiden, Limburg. | |
w/o |
| 13 November 1942 | DZ361 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Ritthem, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 12 December 1943 | DZ354 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Herwijnen - Fort Asperen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2009 12:37 | NePa | Added |
| 04-Jan-2010 10:31 | NePa | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2011 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 06:50 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2014 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 08:34 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 08:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2016 09:53 | Faun | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 16:55 | Siczak | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 19:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2018 16:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 18:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2019 07:22 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2019 18:54 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
| 21-Apr-2020 16:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 03-Sep-2020 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2022 22:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jul-2022 22:36 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 08:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 18:11 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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