Back SAMANT Dattatraya Anant
Service Number 108957 (1312242)
P/O 21st Nov. 1941. (Gazette Issue 36503 published on the 5 May 1944. Page 5 of 10)
F/O Not found
F/Lt 1st Nov. 1943. (Gazette Issue 36510 published on the 9 May 1944. Page 4 of 8)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
17-Oct-42 P.7120 P/O D. Samant Convoy Patrol 11:00 12:35 Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland.
18-Nov-42 P.6979 P/O D. Samant Convoy 14:25 15:45 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
26-Nov-42 P.7013 P/O Samant Rhubarb 10:25 11:35 Pilots did not reach their objective, the railway N. of La Haye du Puits, owing to lack of cloud cover. F/O Coyne shot up a pill-box and bombed the harbour installations at Diellette. P/O Samant bombed camouflaged huts 7 miles S.E. of Piereville. Bombing results not seen.
03-Dec-42 P.7094 P/O Samant Convoy 08:40 09:55 Convoy approaching Solent from Needles.