Crash site: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB
Crash cause: flying accident; stalled in a climbing turn
(Daniel Sajet)
Name |
Sajet, Daniël |
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Amsterdam Zorgvlied Sajet |
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Rank |
Sold II Vl, Lac, Pilot U/T |
RAF VR 1149994 |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
10/2/1920 |
Place |
Hilversum, Noord-Holland, NL |
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Squadron |
No. 1 EFTS |
Ops/hr |
0/0 |
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Aircraft |
Tiger Moth Nr. T5834 |
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Base |
RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB |
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Mission |
Training |
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Status |
KIFA, stalled in a climbing turn |
age |
21 |
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Killed |
17/6/1941 |
Place |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB |
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Buried |
His remains were cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London. Source: CAD-MvD 5.050.5220/86 Reburied Gemeentelijke Begraafplaats Zorgvlied, Amsterdam, family grave D/II/116 |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
yes |
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Memorial |
Soesterberg |
yes |
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Memorial |
Other |
yes |
Vijfluik Loenen, Gelderland, NL Vijfluik Sajet |
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GB arrival |
Engelandvaarder; departure with Bruin Tammes on 1/8/1940 with a small sailing boat from Veere Harbour, Zeeland, NL. Source: A. Dessing, 'Tulpen voor Wilhelmina', 2004, p. 95; NA 2.09.06-10141 |
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Remarks |
The crash took place on 16/6/1941. D. Sajet was taken to General Hospital 'Hatfield House' at Hatfield, where he died on 17/6/1941 00.55h. |
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Data confusion |
OGS: 'leader aircraftmess' for leading aircraftman. Corrected in 2005. CWGC: No.1 CFTS (Central Flying Training School). RAF Hatfield was base to No. 1 EFTS. More than 3.000 aviators were trained here, including many of the Dutch RAF aviators that would fly with 322 (Dutch) Squadron.
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Front of RAF Form 1180, the Aircraft Accident Card, as photographed from the microfilm reader.
Note that the date could be read as 1944, but it should be 1941. Source: RAF Museum, Hendon, London, GB
Rear side of Sajet's Accident Card. Source: RAF Museum, Hendon, London, GB
Telegram reporting the death of Daniël Sajet. With thanks to Coen van den Heuvel
Former RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire, area where D. Sajet crashed on 16/6/1941. The site has not been pinpointed. The map above dates from 2000 or earlier. The Aerodrome area has been completely reworked with Hertfordshire University buidings and housing estates. The De Havilland aluminium hangar, and the control tower on top of it, both build after the War, remain. Hatfield House was used as a hospital in WW2. Daniël Sajet died here. The cemetery above the 'H' of Hatfield in the bottom map, is a small CWGC cemetery, holding more casualties of military flying training at Hatfield in WW2.
Terrain of former RAF Hatfield, looking Northwest from the Eastern end of what used to be the runway. The site dates back to 1930, when the De Havilland Company purchased it for their aircraft production and testing. De Havilland Mosquito's were build here too. The base closed down in 1993. Hatfield 060129-1. Hatfield data: www.controltowers.co.uk
Former hangar of the De Havilland company, and RAF Hatfield control tower, with remains of the taxiway in front of it. Build 1952-54, at the time the largest building made in aluminium. Now reworked into what is claimed to be the largest fitness center of the world. Hatfield 060129-2
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