ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70892
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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1655 MTU RAF |
| Registration: | DK285 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1mile out between Port Greenock and Derby Head, Isle of Man, Irish Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK285: Took off at 22:05 hrs on a Night training flight /cross country exercise. 05/11/1943
The crew were briefed to fly at 25,000 feet the target being the Isle of Man. The aircraft was due back at 01:00 hrs, but did not return to base. Missing ditched in Irish Sea.
An aircraft was seen to dive into the Irish sea about one mile out between Port Greenock and Derby Head,
Isle of Man, and it was considered that this may have been Mosquito DK285.
Surface craft searched during the night, and air sea rescue aircraft took off shortly after daylight and thoroughly searched the area during the day with nil results.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.400276) Peter Thomas Leeds HALLETT DFC (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (Aus.401567) Arthur William Frederick QUICK (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z019_1.pdf
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK285 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2010 00:24 | NePa | Added |
| 24-Apr-2011 02:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2011 13:13 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2014 05:39 | Next | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 14:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2019 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 28-Aug-2021 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 04-Sep-2021 22:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2021 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 17:08 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 02-Dec-2023 11:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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