76 – Le Tréport Military Cemetery

Typhoon MP116 TP-T 198 Sqn
Date :   10 septembre 1944
Mission :  Attaque à la roquette d’un point fort Au Havre (76)
    Décollage :   ALG B35 à 19:10      
    Causes de la perte :   Éclatement d’un pneu au décollage, l’appareil se retourne et prend feu
     
    Lieu de la perte :
  Godelemesnil (76)      
New-Zeland Flt Lt Desmond Palmer PERRIN RNZAF 404404 KIA Distinguished-Flying-Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Acting Flight Lieutenant Desmond Palmer PERRIN (N.Z.404404), Royal New Zealand Air Force, No 1 Squadron.
This officier has participated in very many sorties and has led his flight with distinction on all occasions. In the course of his activities, Flight Lieutenant Perrin has executed destructive attacks on locomotives, rail installations and enemy shipping. On one occasion he obtained a hit on an ammunition truck which blew up with such violence that his aircraft was endangered by the explosion. In addition, Flight Lieutenant Perrin has destroyed a Messerschmitt 210. His fine fighting qualites have been highly commendable.
SECOND SUPPLEMENT to THE LONDON GAZETTE of TUESDAY, the 26th of OCTOBER, 1943