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| Date: | Tuesday 8 December 1942 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ314 |
| MSN: | GB-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee, 8 km north-east of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ314/F: Took off at 11:58 hrs for a low-level attack on the Den Helder Docks. 08/12/1942
The aircraft ditched at 12:45 hrs in the Waddensea 5 km NE of Den Helder, The Netherlands, after being shot down by Marineflak during the attack.
Crew:
F/O (63111) Stephen Phillip Lowthian JOHNSON (pilot) RAF : Ok /PoW (NCO:1159998 Commission Gazetted : Friday 25 April, 1941)
Sgt (1286392) Ernest Cyril DRAPER (obs.) RAFVR : Ok /PoW
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. RAF Prisoners of War
3. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4. http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl.
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ314 was a B Mk IV, click on Source #1 to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 11:45 | NePa | Updated |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:03 | NePa | Updated |
| 08-Jan-2010 10:50 | NePa | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2014 14:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Sep-2014 04:47 | Siczak | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 10:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2016 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2016 12:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Dec-2017 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2020 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 05-Nov-2020 20:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 07-Nov-2020 21:15 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator, ] |
| 13-Oct-2021 21:13 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 22-Oct-2021 20:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:40 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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