“Serial Range DZ340 – DZ388. 49 Mosquito B.Mk1V Series 11. Powered by Merlin 21/23 engines. Part of a batch of 250, except four as PR.MkV111 and four as NF.MkXV, delivered by De Havilland (Hatfield). To No.105 Sqdn with whom it flew no operations. DZ371 was the first 139 Sqdn Mosquito lost. All previous losses had been borrowed from 105 Sqdn. Airborne 1121 from Marham. Shot down by Flak, crashing in the North Sea, off Den Helder while homebound. Both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/O J.E.O_Grady. RCAF KIA Sgt G.W.Lewis KIA ”
The Goldfish club was formed in 1942 and is an association for people who have parachuted from an aircraft into the sea or who’s aircraft crashed into the sea. It was formed by a British chap so the signatures are likely to be british airmen.
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