Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ313,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71231
 
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Date:Tuesday 20 October 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:105 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ313
MSN: GB-E
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near goods depot in a warehouse in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen. -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ313/E: Took off at 12:00 hrs for Day Bombing attack on Hannover. 20/10/1942
Missing on a cloud-cover attack over Hannover.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1264627) Laurence Walter DEETH (pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (523113) Frank Edward Malcolm HICKS (obs) RAF - killed

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.urbansky@t-online.de Volker Urbansky from Cloppenburg
4.http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DZ313

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 April 1943 DZ536 105 Sqn RAF 2 Metelerkamps Bauernhof 4, Bad Bentheim, Niedersachsen w/o
6 July 1944 ML913 105 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - North Sea w/o

Images:



Mosquito Production list showing DZ313 was a B Mk IV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jan-2010 11:53 NePa Added
05-Feb-2012 14:14 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2012 14:15 Nepa Updated [[Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
16-Jun-2014 11:42 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
10-May-2015 11:04 Anon. Updated [Location, Source, Photo, ]
22-Jul-2015 11:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
12-Apr-2016 11:10 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Sep-2018 17:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
26-Aug-2021 17:09 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2021 10:20 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 20:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
11-Jan-2022 10:19 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator]
14-Feb-2022 18:12 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo]

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