ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140927
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ST.II |
| Owner/operator: | 296 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V1605 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | on Normandy ops -
 France
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brize Norton |
Shot down by Flak during Normandy invasion (operation "Overlord"), no further details.
Assigned to 296 squadron. Hit by anti-aircraft artillery (FLAK) shortly after releasing a Horsa glider which it was towing during Operation Overlord (D-Day). The aircraft was part of Operation Mallard, dropping the 6th Airborne Division west of the Orne in support of the Normandy landing. P/O Joseph Smith was killed, but the other four on board managed to survive and escaped captivity: F/S George Edward James Holmes, F/L John George Kennedy Maxwell, F/S Reuben Henry Ward and F/O Gordon Lee Wilson.
P/O Joseph Smith is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2011 05:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 25-May-2020 19:27 | EJ Engelen | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-May-2021 12:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2021 12:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-May-2021 12:27 | gerard57 | Updated [[Operator]] |
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