PZ340 HB

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI

Code lettersHB
SquadronNo. 239 Squadron
MarkFBVI
FateUnknown
Into service13 August 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

A 100 Group bomber-support (intruder) sortie on 1 January 1945; called base at 2016 on return but crashed four minutes later near Narborough Hall, by Marham airfield. Both crew were killed.

Units & squadrons

Recorded in service with: No. 239 Sqn.

Operations flown

Non-operational flight — crashed_on_return

Crew: J R Watkins (Navigator) · J G Walker (Pilot)