ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165523
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 654th (BR) Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | MM370 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north side of the river Seine at Le Havre -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton /AAF Sta.376 Norfolk |
Mosquito MM370: Take-off for filming the first ‘Batty’ sortie / the operation Aphrodite. 13/08/1944.
The Aphrodite operation included attack a standard 2,000lb bomb modified for television-guidance and radio control, with small wings and moveable tail surfaces. Two of these weapons were carried on racks under the wings of a B-17 ‘mother-ship’. The target for the day was Le Havre. The pilot in his eagerness to do a great job stayed too low, and his plane was hit by bomb fragnents, causing it to crash.
Southeast of Le Havre on the north bank of the mouth of the river Seine was the soth where the first bomb struck. Mosquito MM370 flew through the bomb B17 burst approximatey ten seconds after strike on near side of bomb burst and was struck by fragments when the bomb detonated.
Crew:
1/Lt. (O.684056) Dean "Curley" Harold SANNER DFC (pilot) USAAF - baled out /POW
S/Sgt (US.6994841) August "Augie" KURJACK (cameraman the 8th CCU) USAAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.adoptiegraven-database.nl/index.php/ardennes/american-war-cemetery-ardennes-k/11748-kurjack-august
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2014 13:24 | Nepa | Added |
| 27-Aug-2014 19:38 | HB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 13:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2016 22:07 | Jimi | Updated [Phase, Departure airport] |
| 10-May-2019 16:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2021 10:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2021 11:25 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2021 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2024 12:04 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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