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| Date: | Friday 23 October 1942 |
| Time: | 15:02 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ343 |
| MSN: | GB-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Raard, 3km west-south-west of Dokkum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Mosquito DZ343/Z: Took off at 12:53 hrs for mission to the Stork diesel works in Hengelo. 23/10/1942
Missing. Damaged by light flak 3km from the west Dokkum. It crashed at 15:02 hrs near Raard, Friesland. Dutch eye witnesses report that the aircraft was in flames when it crashed. There was an explosion moments after impact.
Crew:
S/Ldr (36147) Joseph Cunningham SIMPSON (pilot) RAF : killed
F/Lt (44227) Claud Bransby WALTER (obs.) RAF : killed (NCO:566287 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 August, 1940)
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 105 Sqn RAF
3.Bomber Command Losses 1942
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ343 was a B Mk IV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 04:17 | NePa | Updated |
| 05-Feb-2012 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2013 07:44 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2014 11:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2015 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Apr-2016 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2017 12:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2017 14:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Oct-2017 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2017 12:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2017 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2018 17:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Apr-2019 13:24 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
| 30-Oct-2020 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
| 21-Jan-2021 15:18 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Operator, ] |
| 02-Sep-2021 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-Feb-2022 18:12 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo, ] |
| 28-Jun-2022 16:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 13:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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