ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136971
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1912 |
| MSN: | TM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Valenciennes, Nord Department -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1912 (TM-N) 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol over the French/Belgian border. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/474): "Hurricane crashed near Valenciennes, France, 18 May 1940. Flight Lieutenant J S Owen - report of death".
Reportedly Shot down by 1 1.(J)/LG 2 (Ofw. Adolf Buhl or Fw. Heinz Pohland). Bailed out near Mons, Belgium, after combat with Me 109s. He bailed out, but was killed in his parachute, which apparently failed in use. One of two 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron RAF Hurricane lost in this operation (the other being L1944, piloted by Pilot Officer R.J. Renison).
Crew:
Flight Lt (RAF 90070) John Samuel Owen (pilot) - killed in action 18/05/40, buried at at Cambrai (Route De Solesmes) Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 14)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/474: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502176
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2276276/owen,-john-samuel/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7039
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/504_squadron.html#1805
6. https://guilsfieldchurch.com/history/tower-bells/evelyn-salusbury-and-flt-lt-john-owen/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenciennes#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 02:48 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2013 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2013 01:00 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-May-2015 14:24 | Quentin | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-May-2015 14:27 | QQ3 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2019 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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