BILL PIPPIN COLLECTION
No. 7238. de Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito B.Mk.IV (DZ313) Royal Air Force
Aeroplane Photo Supply (APS) Photo No. 826
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12/31/2007. This aircraft was built by de Havilland at Hatfield as a
B.IV Series II, powered by two 1,460 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 21/23
liquid-cooled, 12-cylinder, V-engines. It was delivered to No. 105
Squadron and crashed on its first operation on October 20, 1942, an
attack at Hannover Germany. The pilots F/S L.W. Deeth and W/O F.E.M.
Hicks were killed. |
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Created December 31, 2007