ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121173
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| Date: | Sunday 15 September 1940 |
| Time: | 12:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | P3876 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex |
Hawker Hurricane Mk I P3876 (YO-V) of 1 Squadron, RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force): Lost in combat when shot down by Bf.109s over Tunbridge Wells, Kent at 12:10 hours on 15 September, 1940. Reports are that the Bf.109 attacked from out of the sun, so that F/O Smithers never saw his attacker. He was the second pilot from 1 Squadron RCAF to be lost in combat
Pilot: Flying Officer Ross Smithers, Service Number C/1594, aged 27 - killed, and is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey.
Sources:
1. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/battle-britain-part-2-mm.html
2. http://aircrewremembered.com/smither-ross.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2928994/smither,-ross/
4. http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=battle-of-britain-sunday/j7bwjkm4
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/32494-15th-september-1940-we-remember#post32494
6. https://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0041.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2011 16:57 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:49 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 22:20 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2019 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2019 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-May-2019 13:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Jul-2019 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2021 07:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
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