ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49753
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 17:29 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KB195 |
| MSN: | AZ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito KB195/B: Take off at 16:25 hrs for PR sortie mission to Vlissingen - Walcheren island. 07/10/1944
Shot down by Flak. Crashed in Westerschelde, Zeeland at 17:29 hrs.
Fg Off Herbert awarded DFC whilst with 627 Squadron. Gazetted 24 October 1944.
Citation
On his first tour of operational duty this officer participated in many sorties, involving attacks on well defended enemy targets. Throughout he displayed a high degree of navigational ability and proved himself to be a worthy member of aircraft crew. He has now completed very many sorties on his second tour in the role of cine-camera (operator. He has shown a real enthusiasm for his
duties and his skill is reflected in the excellent quality of the films he has taken. Those of the
attacks on Le Havre. Caen- and Juvisy are outstanding examples and have proved of great value. Many hundreds of feet of these films have been given wide publicity, thus placing before the
general public a pictorial record of Bomber Command's war effort. He has displayed untiring
devotion to duty.
Crew:
F/Lt (88650) Geoffrey Edward BRAY (pilot) RAF - killed (NCO:741335 Commission Gazetted : Friday 03 January, 1941) Runnymede Memorial Panel 201.
F/Lt (142135) Peter Norman HERBERT DFC (nav.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:931389 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 May, 1943) Runnymede Memorial Panel 202.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
3. CWGC
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1944 | DZ353 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
min |
| 28 January 1944 | DZ353 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England | |
non |
| 24 February 1944 | DZ353 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England | |
min |
| 9 June 1944 | DZ353 | 627 Sqn RAF | 2 | La Cour, Orgères, Ille-et-Vilaine département. |  |
w/o |
| 15 June 1945 | DZ418 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 02:09 | NePa | Updated |
| 13-Nov-2010 04:32 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2013 02:02 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jul-2014 08:06 | Shout | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2015 08:53 | SIS07 | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2015 08:39 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2019 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2019 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 16:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2021 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 28-May-2022 14:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2022 19:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2022 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2022 18:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2022 22:12 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2022 19:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2023 14:10 | Anon. | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 31-Oct-2023 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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