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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 109 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DK318 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near North Foreland, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Mosquito DK318: Take off at 19:30hrs for bomber mission over Duisburg. 25/03/1943
Missing, presumed ditched returning from mission. Last heard calling for help at 22:30hrs, believed in the region of the North Foreland.
Crew:
F/Lt (114192) Leslie James ACKLAND DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1166009 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 February, 1942)
P/O (J/17228) Frederick Stanley STROUTS (obs) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 109 Sqdn RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DK318 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2009 10:55 | NePa | Added |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2011 04:49 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2014 08:51 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2014 09:29 | Xindel | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jul-2015 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 15-Mar-2016 10:21 | Xindel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2016 16:33 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2018 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 24-Aug-2021 19:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
| 03-Sep-2021 10:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jan-2022 12:24 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 19:25 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 26-Mar-2022 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jun-2022 12:16 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jul-2022 06:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2022 16:21 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 12-Oct-2022 07:56 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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