ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70941
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 12:53 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK303 |
| MSN: | GB-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK303/V: Took off at 16:32 hrs to attack a power station in Pont á Vendin. 29/08/1942
Shot down by Fw190's 4/JG26. Claim by Ofw Wilhelm Philipp - 15-20km South East of Hastings at 12:53hrs.??
Crashed in the Channel some 9 miles off Dungeness, Kent. Sgt Pomroy was picked up by an ASR Launch.
Crew:
Sgt (1254703) Charles ATKINSON (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1336300) Colin Charles POMROY (obs.) RAFVR - lost a leg as a result of injuries.
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF (Sgt POMEROY)
3.AIR81/17582
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 |
| 7 November 1942 | DK328 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | beach near the Gironde estuary; Nouvelle-Aquitaine. |  |
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 DK303 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 10:50 | NePa | Added |
| 05-Feb-2012 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2014 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2014 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2014 19:01 | Don Diego | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 09:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2016 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:51 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Jul-2019 18:17 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 12:02 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 14:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 20:43 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:02 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Jul-2022 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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