Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - de Havilland DH.60 Moth https://backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:38:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Flight of Tiger Moth I N6835 and Sergeant V Brejcha on 1941-06-19 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/108672-4154380.html On 1941-06-19, Pilot V Brejcha (Sergeant, Czech) with servicenumber 787506 flew a Tiger Moth I with serial N6835 for this duty: Training Flight. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Southwold. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 257. The location for the map is, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Brejcha: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Scottow Cemetery Grave 247 Age 26. Born 13.04.1915 in Zivotice Czechoslavakia, United Kingdom.
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fredvogels Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:33:33 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/108672-4154380.html
The 25 EFTS Unit left from Ossington at 1942-05-04 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/42341-RAF24603.html On Monday 04 May 1942, a member of the 25 EFTS Unit, Corporal T A J Kurch, took off from Ossington in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on Back to Normandy. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .

He flew with a de Havilland DH.60 Moth (type -, serial T7742, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


3/4 May 1942

Hamburg

On the 100th anniversary of a great fire in Hamburg, Bomber Command sent a comparatively small force of aircraft to attack this city after receiving an unfavourable weather forecast. 81 aircraft were dispatched: 43 Wellingtons, 20 Halifaxes, 13 Stirlings and 5 Hampdens. 3 Halifaxes and 2 Wellingtons were lost.
Hamburg was found to be completely cloud-covered and only 54 aircraft bombed on to its estimated position. Despite these unfavourable circumstances, a success out of all proportion to the numbers of aircraft involved was achieved. 113 fires were started in Hamburg, of which 57 were classed as large. The total casualty list in Hamburg on this night was 77 killed, 243 injured and 1,624 bombed out.

Minor Operations: 9 aircraft to St Nazaire, 4 Blenheim Intruders, 2 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland, 8 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses.

4 May 1942

6 Bostons to Le Havre power-station, but the only hits were on nearby buildings. No Bostons lost.

4/5 May 1942

Stuttgart

121 aircraft - 69 Wellingtons, 19 Hampdens, 14 Lancasters, 12 Stirlings, 7 Halifaxes - on the first large raid on this city. 1 Stirling lost.
As on the recent Rostock raids, a proportion of the force was detailed to attack a specific factory target, on this occasion the Robert Bosch factory, which made dynamos, injection pumps and magnetos. On this night, 10/10ths cloud covered the whole area and the raid was a failure. Bombs were scattered across a wide area of Stuttgart and the surrounding countryside. 13 people were killed and 37 injured in Stuttgart. The Bosch works were not hit. A decoy site near Lauffen, 15 miles north of Stuttgart, attracted many bombs.

Minor Operations: 9 aircraft to Nantes, 5 Stirlings to Pilsen, 8 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland, 6 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. 1 Stirling lost on the Pilsen raid.


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fredvogels Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:02:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/42341-RAF24603.html
DH.60 lost at Venlo (airfield) on 15-04-1942 (SGLO ref: T1481A) https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/9394-DH.609394.html

At the date of 15-04-1942, time: not known, the aircraft type DH.60 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Venlo (airfield). The unit of crew and plane is: I/NJG 1. First flyer rank: No rank known, name: . The plane belonged to the German forces.

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fredvogels Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/dh-60/9394-DH.609394.html