ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70928
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| Date: | Monday 1 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4068 |
| MSN: | GB-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Mosquito W4068/B: Took off at 19:30 hrs for high-level attack on Cologne. 01/06/1942
Shooting down by Flak over Cologne. Crew bailed out and were capture by Hitlerjugend and Schutzpolizei. Navigator was nearly lynched by civilians in Monchengladbach.
Crew:
F/O (79549) Leonard Lawrence PEARMAN (pilot) RAFVR - bailed out /PoW (NCO:740248 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 June, 1940)
P/O (104569) Richard Leonard SCOTT (obs.) RAFVR- bailed out /PoW (NCO:104569 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/15398
4.POW list
5.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 November 1943 | DZ587 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Road Green Farm, Hempnall, 10 miles south of Norwich, England |  |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | DZ489 | 105 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF stn Marham, Norfolk, England. | |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | LR477 | 105 Sqn RAF | 2 | Contrakt Farm, Narborough, 5 miles NW of Swaffham, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2010 09:54 | NePa | Added |
| 04-Jan-2010 03:12 | NePa | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2011 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 18:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2015 08:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Apr-2016 16:55 | Siczak | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 19:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 19:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 20:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2018 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2018 06:11 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2019 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Operator] |
| 19-May-2019 16:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2019 21:52 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 13-Oct-2021 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2022 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2022 22:31 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 08:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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