Vinnell, Henry Victor Alexander (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1944-November-27
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Henry Victor and Elizabeth Ann Vinnell, of Camberwell, London
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Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
192 (RCM) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Foulsham
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
123505
Munich Germany
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Mission
Mosquito B.Mk. IV DK292
Counter Measures Munich Germany 1944-November-27 to 1944-November-27
192 (RCM) Sqn (RAF) RAF Foulsham
192 Squadron RAF (Dare to discover) RAF Foulsham. Mosquito IV aircraft DK 292 DT-J was tasked with a radio-counter measure, bomber-support role for an operation against targets in Munich, Germany. Pilot, Flying Officer Jack Glen Millan Fisher (RCAF) attempted a crash-landing at Vassonville on a beach north of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France but struck a mine and exploded. Both Fisher and his navigator, Flight Lieutenant Henry Victor Alexander Vinnell (RAFVR) were killed in action. Any recovery attempt would have been hazardous due to additional mines on the beach. The cause of the beach landing was never determined because the aircraft wreckage and crew remains were later washed out to sea and lost. Neither crew member have a known grave and both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
This aircraft, then with 105 Squadron RAF, was used 1942-08-05 on the first Mosquito trial flight for a high-speed transport service operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) between Leuchars, Scotland and Bromma in neutral Sweden from 1942-12-15 to 1945-05-17. This service was referred to as the "Leuchars-Brommma Service" or the "Ball-Bearing Run", transporting high-value cargoes from war materials such as ball bearings to important people such as nuclear physicist Niels Bohr
Mosquito DK292 B.Mk. IV - Counter Measures Munich Germany - 1944-11-27 to 1944-11-27
Squadron: 192 (RCM) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-11-27
Completion Date: 1944-11-27
Mission: Counter Measures
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Munich Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Foulsham
Take Off Time: 02:58:00
Squadron Code: DT-J
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Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: Vassonville on a beach north of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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192 Squadron RAF (Dare to discover) RAF Foulsham. Mosquito IV aircraft DK 292 DT-J was tasked with a radio-counter measure, bomber-support role for an operation against targets in Munich, Germany. Pilot, Flying Officer Jack Glen Millan Fisher (RCAF) attempted a crash-landing at Vassonville on a beach north of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France but struck a mine and exploded. Both Fisher and his navigator, Flight Lieutenant Henry Victor Alexander Vinnell (RAFVR) were killed in action. Any recovery attempt would have been hazardous due to additional mines on the beach. The cause of the beach landing was never determined because the aircraft wreckage and crew remains were later washed out to sea and lost. Neither crew member have a known grave and both are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
This aircraft, then with 105 Squadron RAF, was used 1942-08-05 on the first Mosquito trial flight for a high-speed transport service operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) between Leuchars, Scotland and Bromma in neutral Sweden from 1942-12-15 to 1945-05-17. This service was referred to as the "Leuchars-Brommma Service" or the "Ball-Bearing Run", transporting high-value cargoes from war materials such as ball bearings to important people such as nuclear physicist Niels Bohr