PF431 GB-E

de Havilland Mosquito BXVI

Code lettersGB-E
SquadronNo. 105 Squadron
MarkBXVI
FateUnknown
Into service30 November 1944
Lost2 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

Oboe Pathfinder Mosquito that crashed at Wilsum on 2 January 1945; the pilot was taken prisoner and the navigator killed.

Units & squadrons

Recorded in service with: No. 105 Sqn · 571Sq.

Operations flown

Operation Bremen (2 January 1945) — Failed to return

Crew: F T Watson (Navigator) · G Donald (Pilot)