ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157689
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| Date: | Monday 12 August 1940 |
| Time: | dusk |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1044 |
| MSN: | 259 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thames Estuary, 8 miles off Romney Marsh, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gravesend, Kent |
Spitfire L1044, ("DW-H"): Written off (destroyed) 12/8/40 when damaged by Bf.109s & abandoned over the Thames Estuary, eight miles off Romney Marsh, Kent. Hit by cannon fire round the cockpit area, and the fuel tanks and caught fire.
Crew:
P/O Edward Brian Bretherton Smith (pilot) RAF- baled out and parachuted to safety.
He was recovered by a nearby trawler, the captain of whom turned out to be an old school friend!
Two weeks after the above incident, P/O Smith was awarded the DFC. P/O Smith survived WWII, and left the RAF in 1946.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. Battle of Britain: An Epic Conflict Revisited By Christer Bergström page 100
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p002.html
4. http://aircrewremembered.com/smith-edward.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2013 04:58 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Aug-2013 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-May-2018 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2023 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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