ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142285
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HX960 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 7km north of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gravesend, Kent |
Mosquito HX960: Shot down by flak off St.Pierre. 21/01/1944
They had just attacked a V-1 construction site in the Pas-de-Calais area of France. The other crew also died. The details are unclear—likely they survived the collision and were limping back to England—but both planes were subsequently hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the English Channel, seven kilometres north of Dieppe.
In his official service record, an eyewitness reported that “on leaving the French Coast, after having bombed the target, F/O Johnston’s aircraft was seen to be hit.”
“At the time, he was doing violent evasive action at low level, when his aircraft was hit again in the tail which then disintegrated. The aircraft flew on for a short distance before crashing tailless into the sea.”
Crew:
F/O (J/16150) William Smith JOHNSTON (pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (158.421) Leslie HOCKING (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
3.legionmagazine.com/en/2018/06/resurrecting-the-memory-of-a-ww-ii-pilot/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2012 05:34 | Nepa | Added |
| 12-Jun-2014 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2014 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Country] |
| 05-Aug-2015 07:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2015 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Mar-2019 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Sep-2021 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Sep-2021 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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