ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15403
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 1940 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 601 (County of London) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2081 |
| MSN: | UF-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Amiens, Somme department of the Picardy region -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt, South Ruislip, Middlesex |
| Amiens Glisy Airfield, Somme department of the Picardy region |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L2081 (UF-F) 601 (County of London) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair and abandoned) when force landed after a combat air patrol over Douai, France, on 18 May 1940. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/444): "Hurricane L2081 failed to return from an operational flight, Douai, France 18 May 1940. Flying Officer H J Riddle: missing, later reported to be safe".
Flown by Flying Officer Hugh Joseph "Huseph" Riddle crash-landed following combat with a Bf 110. According to one published unofficial source (see link #5): "The RAF were heavily outnumbered and by Sunday 19th May were operating from bases in the UK, their French bases having been overrun. On this day Huseph was shot down in Hurricane L2081 by Bf 110’s over Douai, his aircraft force-landing near Amiens from where, he said, a recalcitrant horse helped him reach Paris!"
In May 1940 601 (County of London) Squadron was based at Northolt, but had a small detachment serving in France, which was withdrawn to the UK by June 17 1940 as their French airfields were overrun.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britian, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/444: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502115
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Riddle#Air_Force_career
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/601_squadron.html
5. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/RiddleHJ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2008 06:54 | JINX | Added |
| 05-Aug-2011 17:41 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 14:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2013 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2013 07:10 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 24-Aug-2013 06:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Oct-2013 01:17 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2014 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2019 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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