View Memorial site here
Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force. 6025 ((Navigator)
Posting on Death 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito DZ516; Place - Beauvior, France; Date - 29 June 1944.
Crashed when caught in the premature explosion of A V-1 Flying Bomb after attacking A V-1 Launch site at Beauvoir.
The crew of Mosquito DZ516 were;
HEATH, Geoffrey Ernest - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 6025
SAINT-SMITH J A – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 403380
WW2 Honours & Gallantry
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: Navigational skill on numerous operations.
The award was presented at Government House Sydney to Henry Taylor Heath Esq., (Brother)
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: Many operational sorties against MILAN & BERLIN
Description of Wedding photo
6025 Flying Officer (FO) Geoffrey Ernest Heath (fifth from left), 627 Squadron, RAF, and his new wife (talking to a child) after their wedding ceremony. Standing behind FO Heath is 403380 FO James Alexander (Alec) Saint-Smith, of Sydney, NSW, his best man. FO Heath, of Croyden, NSW, enlisted in Sydney, NSW and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944. FO Saint-Smith enlisted in Sydney, NSW, on 6 January 1941 and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Croydon NSW, also his name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial .
Family
Son of Ernest William and Queenie Dorothy Levy Heath, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Elizabeth Waring Heath, of North Duffield, Yorkshire, England.
Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force. 6025 ((Navigator)
Posting on Death 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito DZ516; Place - Beauvior, France; Date - 29 June 1944.
Crashed when caught in the premature explosion of A V-1 Flying Bomb after attacking A V-1 Launch site at Beauvoir.
The crew of Mosquito DZ516 were;
HEATH, Geoffrey Ernest - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 6025
SAINT-SMITH J A – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 403380
WW2 Honours & Gallantry
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: Navigational skill on numerous operations.
The award was presented at Government House Sydney to Henry Taylor Heath Esq., (Brother)
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: Many operational sorties against MILAN & BERLIN
Description of Wedding photo
6025 Flying Officer (FO) Geoffrey Ernest Heath (fifth from left), 627 Squadron, RAF, and his new wife (talking to a child) after their wedding ceremony. Standing behind FO Heath is 403380 FO James Alexander (Alec) Saint-Smith, of Sydney, NSW, his best man. FO Heath, of Croyden, NSW, enlisted in Sydney, NSW and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944. FO Saint-Smith enlisted in Sydney, NSW, on 6 January 1941 and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Croydon NSW, also his name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial .
Family
Son of Ernest William and Queenie Dorothy Levy Heath, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Elizabeth Waring Heath, of North Duffield, Yorkshire, England.
View Memorial site here
Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force. 6025 ((Navigator)
Posting on Death 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito DZ516; Place - Beauvior, France; Date - 29 June 1944.
Crashed when caught in the premature explosion of A V-1 Flying Bomb after attacking A V-1 Launch site at Beauvoir.
The crew of Mosquito DZ516 were;
HEATH, Geoffrey Ernest - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 6025
SAINT-SMITH J A – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 403380
WW2 Honours & Gallantry
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: Navigational skill on numerous operations.
The award was presented at Government House Sydney to Henry Taylor Heath Esq., (Brother)
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: Many operational sorties against MILAN & BERLIN
Description of Wedding photo
6025 Flying Officer (FO) Geoffrey Ernest Heath (fifth from left), 627 Squadron, RAF, and his new wife (talking to a child) after their wedding ceremony. Standing behind FO Heath is 403380 FO James Alexander (Alec) Saint-Smith, of Sydney, NSW, his best man. FO Heath, of Croyden, NSW, enlisted in Sydney, NSW and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944. FO Saint-Smith enlisted in Sydney, NSW, on 6 January 1941 and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Croydon NSW, also his name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial .
Family
Son of Ernest William and Queenie Dorothy Levy Heath, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Elizabeth Waring Heath, of North Duffield, Yorkshire, England.
Flying Officer Royal Australian Air Force. 6025 ((Navigator)
Posting on Death 627 Squadron, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Mosquito DZ516; Place - Beauvior, France; Date - 29 June 1944.
Crashed when caught in the premature explosion of A V-1 Flying Bomb after attacking A V-1 Launch site at Beauvoir.
The crew of Mosquito DZ516 were;
HEATH, Geoffrey Ernest - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 6025
SAINT-SMITH J A – (Flying Officer); Service Number – 403380
WW2 Honours & Gallantry
Distinguished Flying Cross
Citation: Navigational skill on numerous operations.
The award was presented at Government House Sydney to Henry Taylor Heath Esq., (Brother)
Distinguished Flying Medal
Citation: Many operational sorties against MILAN & BERLIN
Description of Wedding photo
6025 Flying Officer (FO) Geoffrey Ernest Heath (fifth from left), 627 Squadron, RAF, and his new wife (talking to a child) after their wedding ceremony. Standing behind FO Heath is 403380 FO James Alexander (Alec) Saint-Smith, of Sydney, NSW, his best man. FO Heath, of Croyden, NSW, enlisted in Sydney, NSW and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944. FO Saint-Smith enlisted in Sydney, NSW, on 6 January 1941 and was killed whilst on operations over France on 29 June 1944.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Croydon NSW, also his name is located at panel 123 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial .
Family
Son of Ernest William and Queenie Dorothy Levy Heath, of Croydon, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Elizabeth Waring Heath, of North Duffield, Yorkshire, England.
Inscription
YOUR DUTY NOBLY DONE
GOD BLESS YOU
EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
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