ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71655
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| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 627 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ516 |
| MSN: | AZ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vaulx, Somme. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Mosquito DZ516/O: Took off at 12:36 hrs for mission to Beauvoir, to destroy the V-1 Site at Beavoir. 29/06/1944
Missing. Soon after releasing markers to mark the V-1 Site at Beauvoir, he was returning to base.
On the way home the aircraft wa destroyed by a premature in-flight explosion from a V1 flying-bomb, launched from a nearby site.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.403380) James Alexander SAINT-SMITH DFC DFM (pilot) RAAF - killed
F/O (Aus.6025) Geoffrey Ernest HEATH DFC DFM (nav.) RAAF - killed
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 627 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 May 1944 | DZ516 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England |  |
min |
| 28 September 1944 | KB366 | 627 Sqn RAF | 2 | near the railway station of Einsiedlerhof, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland |  |
w/o |
| 30 November 1944 | DZ643 | 627 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF stn Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England | |
min |
Images:
Mosquito Production list showing DZ516 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2010 11:44 | NePa | Added |
| 27-Sep-2012 08:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2014 05:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 19:04 | MiG21 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 11:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2016 20:10 | Next | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2019 13:09 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Photo] |
| 21-Feb-2022 20:17 | grapeshot418 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Feb-2022 12:15 | Nepa | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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