Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DK289,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70886
 
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Date:Sunday 26 July 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:1401 Met Flt RAF
Registration: DK289
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Lista -   Norway
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DK289: Took off for met flight. 26/07/1942
Shot down by Lt. Dieter Gerhardt 2./JG1. Missing.
Crew:
P/O (81632) Paul DEJACE (Belg. pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1260484) George Anthony PRAG (nav.) RAFVR- killed

Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 1401 Flt RAF

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DK289 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2010 00:24 NePa Added
07-Jan-2010 02:11 NePa Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative]
20-Mar-2011 15:38 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2011 05:34 Nepa Updated [Location, Country, Narrative]
10-Dec-2011 10:02 Nepa Updated [Operator]
05-Mar-2014 17:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2014 09:13 Nepa Updated [Narrative]
07-Aug-2014 17:08 Comet123 Updated [Operator, Narrative]
22-Jul-2015 08:28 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Apr-2016 16:20 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Feb-2018 17:02 Red Dragon Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Apr-2018 18:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Apr-2018 18:35 harro Updated [Narrative]
27-Aug-2018 17:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
06-Sep-2018 10:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
27-Jan-2019 20:55 Nepa Updated [Location, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 20:41 TB Updated [Location, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 20:42 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
30-Aug-2021 13:50 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities]
02-Sep-2021 20:08 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
14-Feb-2022 18:12 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]
25-Apr-2022 22:06 Nepa Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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