ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140451
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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 1940 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3973 |
| MSN: | FT-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 miles south of The Needles, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 P3973 (FT-F) of 43 Squadron, RAF, Written off (destroyed) 21.7.40: Pilot Officer Ricardo Adriani de Mancha (Service Number 80546) was a Pilot Officer of 43 Squadron, RAF operating from RAF Tangmere, Chichester, Sussex.
On the 21st July 1940, during an aerial combat ten miles south of the Needles, off the Isle of Wight, his Hurricane (Mk I P3973) collided with a Me109 flown by Leutnant Kroker of the 7th Staffel Jagdgeschwader 27, killing both men. P/O DeMancha was 23 years old. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, panel 8
Sources:
1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15249518/ricardo-adriani-de_mancha
2. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/DeMancha.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232104/de-mancha,-ricardo-adriani/
4. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/so-it-began-their-finest-hour.31735/page-2#post-387306
5. http://www.chwarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=61&TableName=ta_ww2rollofhonour&BrowseID=1180
6. https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/aircrewprofile.php?AircrewID=6274
7. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2011 14:38 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 22-Jan-2012 21:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 23:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Apr-2019 17:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2020 11:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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