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| Date: | Sunday 28 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ416 |
| MSN: | GB-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ416/Q: Takeoff for mission to Liege. to bomb the John Cockerill Steel works. 28/03/1943
Last seen at 18:40 hrs. Missing. Cause of loss and crash-site not established.
Crew:
F/O (124.216) James George BRUCE DFM (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/O (119.261) Richard Louis REILY (obs) RAFVR - killed
Flying Officer Bruce is commemorated on a family grave in Scotland. See source 4.
Information at source 5 indicates that this was one of two aircraft shot down in this raid, the other being DZ522/GB-W. See sources 6 and 7.
about this incident can also be seen at source 5.
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=3896
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/101292
5. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/203604/
6. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204668/
7. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20178
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ416 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 12:00 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2010 02:39 | NePa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:11 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jul-2014 13:28 | Scout | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2015 19:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2015 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2015 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Dec-2015 18:59 | Gloug | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 03-Apr-2019 18:26 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, ] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 31-Aug-2021 15:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 21:30 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 21:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 04-Jan-2022 10:56 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 19:25 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 31-Jan-2025 14:54 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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