ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172134
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb |
| Owner/operator: | Middle Wallop SF RAF |
| Registration: | HV895 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sudbourne Marshes, near Orford Ness, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
On 14 May 1943, Hurricane HV895 flew from Middle Wallop to Martlesham Heath where it made a stop before taking off, and heading for the nearby bombing range at Orford Ness to test a new type of bomb.
Before the bomb could be dropped it exploded prematurely, causing the Hurricane to crash in the Sudbourne Marshes. The pilot was killed. Some sources suggest the bomb was a napalm prototype, but this has not been confirmed from official sources.
Pilot:
Group Captain (02195) Hubert Wilson Godfrey Jones PENDEREL MC AFC RAF : killed.
Buried Llanguicke (St Ciwg) Churchyard, Glamorgan, Wales.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Jones
2. CWGC
3. RAF Casualties-1943
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172093506/hubert-wilson_godfrey_jones-penderel#
5. www.theaerodrome.com/aces/wales/jones4.php
6. http://www.yprespeacemonument.com/the-jones-boys-of-garth-pontardawe-south-wales/
7. https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/calendar/225/catalogue/201648/
8.VBS Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2014 04:58 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-May-2015 15:11 | T.Taylor | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2015 22:17 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2015 08:36 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2018 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2019 06:04 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 14:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2021 10:52 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2021 16:42 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2021 20:04 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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