Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ315,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71236
 
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Date:Saturday 9 January 1943
Time:17:31
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: DZ315
MSN: GB-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rouen, Upper Normandy. -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ315/L: Took off 16:15hrs for attack the engine sheds at Rouen. 09/01/1943
Missing. Hit by Flak and exploded the wreckage crashing 17:31hrs in the target area.
Crew:
P/O (Aus.406029) Arthur Raymond NOSEDA (pilot) RAAF - Killed
Sgt (1348237) John Watson URQUHART (obs.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 December 1942 DZ315 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Church Lawford, Warwickshire, England. min

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ315 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jan-2010 12:13 NePa Added
10-Jan-2010 11:50 NePa Updated [Aircraft type]
17-Jul-2011 23:37 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2012 01:40 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
04-Jun-2012 01:40 Nepa Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative]]
10-Mar-2014 15:25 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 11:49 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
19-Nov-2014 12:40 Thomas Fuk Updated [Narrative]
19-Jun-2015 09:08 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 13:58 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative]
10-Oct-2015 06:50 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 08:43 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Sep-2018 17:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Oct-2021 21:53 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 18:47 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
18-Feb-2022 19:51 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]

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