Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK328,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70911
 
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Date:Saturday 7 November 1942
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: DK328
MSN: GB-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:beach near the Gironde estuary; Nouvelle-Aquitaine. -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DK328/V: Took off at 12:56hrs for Anti shipping mission in Gironde. 07/11/1942
Missing. Shot down by AA. Emergency landing on beach near the Gironde estuary.
Crew:
F/Lt (101502) Alec Norman BRISTOW DFC (pilot) RAFVR - Ok /POW (NCO:745125 Commission Gazetted : Friday 15 August, 1941)
F/Lt (104775) Bernard Willis MARSHALL DFC (Obs.) RAFVR - Ok /POW (NCO:747843 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 October, 1941)

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?
4.Henk Welting's Database
5.POW Database
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 July 1942 DK303 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England min
29 August 1942 DK303 105 Sqn RAF 1 English Channel, 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent, England 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

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DK328 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2010 04:51 NePa Added
30-Dec-2010 03:15 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
05-Feb-2012 14:41 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2012 01:36 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 10:50 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 11:17 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Apr-2016 12:01 Nepa Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 06:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
07-Nov-2020 08:28 mossiealan Updated [Date, Country, Narrative]
26-Aug-2021 17:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source]
30-Aug-2021 09:35 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
01-Sep-2021 21:54 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Oct-2021 10:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 10:22 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 19:40 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
07-Jun-2022 16:50 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2022 21:47 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:40 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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