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| Date: | Thursday 2 July 1942 |
| Time: | 13:54 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK294 |
| MSN: | GB-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sönnebüll, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito DK294/H: Took off at 11:45 hrs for mission to the Flensburg submarine pens.02/07/1942
Last seen flying slowly across the coast on the return leg off Pellworm Island.
Crew:-
Pilot : Group Captain John Charles MacDonald RAF 26183 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Albert Edward Skelton RAF 43849 [PoW] (NCO:516173 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 July, 1940)
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
screenshot of Movement card showing correct crew and aircraft type
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2009 12:14 | NePa | Added |
| 20-Mar-2011 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2014 11:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Oct-2015 08:31 | Faun | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 06-Feb-2018 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 02-Jun-2019 07:21 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2019 21:51 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 24-Jun-2019 18:57 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-May-2020 08:34 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 31-Aug-2020 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator, ] |
| 03-Oct-2020 14:35 | David P | Updated [Registration, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 13:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Aug-2021 16:44 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Operator, ] |
| 13-Sep-2021 06:15 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 21-Dec-2021 07:31 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 02-Jul-2022 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 27-Jul-2022 21:54 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Operator, ] |
| 05-Jun-2023 08:01 | Anon. | Updated |
| 06-Jun-2023 19:28 | Nepa | Updated |
| 08-Dec-2023 13:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Aug-2025 14:29 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
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