ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144131
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PZ186 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Limon, Lot-et-Garonne, 22 km west of Agen -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
Mosquito PZ186: Took off at 10:45 hrs for Day Ranger mission over France. 04/08/1944
S/Ldr Chudleigh with F/O Ayliffe and F/Lt Etherton with F/Lt Gibbs attacked several goods trains and locos over France, but during an attack on one of these, which turned out to be an ammunition train, the explosion which resulted from the attack was instantaneous and violent. Mosquito PZ186 was damaged to such an extent by the explosion that he was forced to crash land in enemy occupied territory.
F/O AYLIFFE was killed when his Mosquito crashed on near Limon, and burst into flames after the crash.
The villagers helped S/Ldr Chudleigh escape also retrieved Jack's body from the badly burned aircraft, as soon as they could approach it (the fire also caused the machine gun bullets to explode about their ears). They took him to the local church immediatelyand later buried him on a hill overlooking the village.
S/Ldr Chudleigh evaded capture, and after being picked up by the French underground troops, stayed with them until taken out by the advancing Allied forces.
Crew:
S/Ldr (39712) Richard Neil CHUDLEIGH DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (145489) Harold Devening (Jack) AYLIFFE DFM (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/1945.htm
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2012 01:13 | Nepa | Added |
| 01-Mar-2012 02:10 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2012 02:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Mar-2012 23:14 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 22-Aug-2015 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:03 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2021 09:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2022 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Jul-2023 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative, Operator]] |
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