David George Watt
Service number
844595
Military unit
103 Sqdn Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Address
5 Imperial Court, Harrow, Middlesex.
Date of birth
Date of death
25 Feb 1941 (31 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of David Charles and Mary Ann Watt; husband of Joyce Mary Watt, of Farnborough, Hampshire.
Military history
25/26 February 1941 Wellington T2621 103 Sqn. Take off from RAF Newton to bomb Dusseldorf.
Dusseldorf covered by cloud and bombing results were poor. 1 civilian injured fighting a fire, 2 Flak gunners slightly injured and a farm barn destroyed. 80 aircraft took part in the raid.
T2621 the only loss, coned by a searchlight of 13./III./Flak Regiment. 26, and then shot down by anti-aircraft fire by 10./II./Flak Regiment. 44. After being hit the bomber exploded and crashed in River Rhine 1 kilometer to the north of the Rhine bridge at Homberg near Duisburg.
Extra information
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Photographs
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