Date:	Thursday 23 May 1940
Time:
Type:	Douglas DC-3-227B
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	OO-AUI
MSN:	2094
Year of manufacture:	1938
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Arques -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Merville Airport (HZB/LFQT)
Destination airport:	London (unknown airport)

Narrative:
Hit by anti-aircraft fire over Calais and part of the left wing was torn off. The pilot (Sgt Raymond Chartier) made a forced landing near Arques, killing the navigator (Capt John M.H. Hoare) and injuring two passengers. The two other crew members (Plt Off Benson Freeman, engineer Pier Vrebos) and the passengers were taken POW.

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