ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20088
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 18:44 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ413 |
| MSN: | GB-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Jouaudière, Les Landes d'Apigné, Le Rheu, Ille-et-Vilaine. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ413/K: Takeoff at 16:45 hrs for attack a naval stores depot. 26/02/1943
Seven aircraft successfully bombed target from heights varying from 50 to 800 feet. Clouds of smoke and debris seen in target area, which was severly damaged. One aircraft unable to bomb on first run up, circled and bombed from 800'. Smoke seen from distance of 20 miles, visibility being very good. One aircraft abondoned task over target, owing to leading aircraft's bombs exploding just as aircraft was in run up to target. W/Cdr Longfield led the formation, and owing to a navigational error, turned sharply, causing a collision with the second Mosquito DZ413 piloted by F/O Kimmel. Mosquito DZ365 was seen to crash out of control and Mosquito DZ413 was seen to bee losing height with a glycol leak, apparently under control.
Crew:
F/O (J/9561) Spencer Griffith KIMMEL (US pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/10427) Harry Nettleton KIRKLAND (nav.) RCAF - killed
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?id=1284
http://web.archive.org/web/201112
http://www.absa39-45.com.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | DZ378 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. |  |
sub |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ413 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm, Note typo error showing 195 Sqn which didn't form until Nov 42 on Typhoons
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2008 11:22 | Nepa | Added |
| 16-Jan-2010 09:28 | NePa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2011 12:43 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-May-2011 13:22 | dahiot | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2012 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2014 17:00 | Rata | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 14:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Feb-2018 15:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2018 15:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 18:37 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Dec-2020 09:54 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 19:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 02-Sep-2021 16:18 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 18:10 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
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