ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136973
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 1940 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2536 |
| MSN: | AF-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Séranvillers-Forenville, 7 km SE of Cambrai, Nord Department -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P2536 (AF-R) 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol on 18 May 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/655): "Hurricane P2536 crashed near Seranvillers, France, 18 May 1940. Flying Officer R F Weatherill, report of death".
Shot down by Hptm. Georg Meyer: 2 2./JG 51 who claimed to have shot down a Morane MS 406 (he probably mis-identified Hurricane P2536)
Crew:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Robert F. Weatherill, RAF 37993, age 24, killed in action 18/05/1940, buried at Cambrai (Route de Solesmes) Communal Cemetery, Nord Department, France
The reported crash location of Séranvillers-Forenville is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, 7 km south east of Cambrai at approximate Coordinates: 50°07′26″N 3°16′52″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/655: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502238
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2276299/weatherill,-robert-francis/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=720
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/607_squadron.html#1805
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | P2616 | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF | 0 | Lens-Saint-Servais, Geer, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 02:52 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:15 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2013 04:06 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2013 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2019 23:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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