Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK298,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205722
 
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Date:Thursday 2 July 1942
Time:13:54
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: DK298
MSN: GB-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 28km west of Helgoland -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DK298/F: Took off at 11:45 hrs for a low-level attack on the U-Boat construction yards to Flensburg. 02/07/1942
Claim by Feldwebel Günther Allmenröder of the 3./JG 1 based at Wangerooge airfield in Niedersachsen.
Missing. Crash North sea 28km West of Helgoland.
Crew:
W/Cdr (33209) Alan Robertson OAKESHOTT DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (44980) Vernon Frank Evans TREHERNE DFM (obs) RAF - killed (NCO:544530 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 December, 1940)


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt 
2.ORB 105 Sqn RAF
3.AIR81/16301
4.CWGC
5.Global Losses Database (Henk Welting) Database
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database



History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 December 1942 DZ314 105 Sqn RAF 0 Waddenzee, 8 km north-east of Den Helder, Noord-Holland w/o
24 March 1943 DZ408 105 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. min
20 January 1944 DZ408 105 Sqn RAF 0 Waveland Farm, Grimston, 3 miles east of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England w/o

Images:


screenshot of DK298 Movement Card showing it went missing 2 July 1942


Screenshot of 105 Sqn ORB entry for the loss of DK294

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Feb-2018 13:33 Red Dragon Added
06-Feb-2018 18:18 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 06:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
01-Jun-2019 19:40 Anon. Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jun-2019 21:47 Nepa Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Jun-2019 18:58 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Operator]
05-May-2020 18:37 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
27-Jul-2021 20:31 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 20:36 Anon. Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
21-Dec-2021 07:30 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, Photo]
21-Dec-2021 07:31 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Photo]
22-Dec-2021 08:19 grapeshot418 Updated [Registration, Narrative]
10-Jan-2022 23:38 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 10:07 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 10:09 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
25-Apr-2022 22:13 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Operator]
02-Jul-2022 07:09 Rob Davis Updated [Registration]
27-Jul-2022 21:52 Nepa Updated [Registration, Source, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 13:30 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Aug-2022 07:46 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]

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