PF411 M5

de Havilland Mosquito BXVI

Code lettersM5
SquadronNo. 105 Squadron
MarkBXVI
FateUnknown
Into service2 November 1944
Lost1 January 1945
A de Havilland Mosquito (representative type, not this airframe)
Representative photo of a de Havilland Mosquito — not this individual aircraft.
ⓘ licence & creditFotoafdrukken Koninklijke Luchtmacht / Photo Prints, Royal Netherlands Air Force; restored by Chris Woodrich / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH.98_Mosquito_B_Mk_IV_Series_2_(restoration).jpg

Notes

Light Night Striking Force Mosquito that crashed due to engine failure after taking off from Wyton on 1 January 1945; both crew were killed. F/L Wellstead’s DFM dated from a Wellington tour with 99 Squadron.

Units & squadrons

Recorded in service with: No. 105 Sqn · No. 128 Sqn.

Operations flown

Operation Railway Tunnels (1 January 1945) — Crashed outbound

Crew: G P Mullan (Navigator) · L C B Wellstead (Pilot)