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| Date: | Saturday 30 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ367 |
| MSN: | GB-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Altengrabow, Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ367/J: Took off at 13:25 hrs for a attack into Berlin to interrupt large rallies addressed by Nazi leaders. 30/01/1943
The daring raid was in two formations with 3 Mosquitos on each. The first 3 reached Berlin and bombed at mid morning - the exact time that Goering was due to speak. The speech was delayed for an hour - these 3 Mosquitos returned all safe. In the afternoon the next formation of 3 arrived at the time that Goebbels was due to speak and all again bombed at the correct time. German defences however had been alerted. Mosquito DZ367 was shot down by German AA. 30/01/1943
Crew:
S/Ldr (40368) Donald Frederick William DARLING DFC (pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (116695) William WRIGHT (obs) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1115900 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ367 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2009 11:44 | NePa | Added |
| 07-Apr-2010 22:27 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2011 02:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2013 07:47 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2014 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2014 16:01 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Dec-2018 06:25 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 10:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 15:59 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:17 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 22:36 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 17:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 18:11 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 12:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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