Date:	Sunday 12 May 1940
Time:	14:45
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	105 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K9485
MSN:	GB-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hauteurs-du-Christ, Bouillon (near Route-du-Christ) -   Belgium
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Villeneuve-les-Vertus, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle K9485/B: Lost in combat operations, with all three crew on board killed. 12/05/1940
Taking off at 14:30hrs to attack columns of german forces in Bouillon. This aircraft is believed to have been hit by ground fire, crashing at Hauteurs-du-Christ, Bouillon, Belgium, during the attack on a bridge at Bouillon at 15:05 hrs. (The crew was buried at the site of the crash.)The crew were re-interred post war at buried Bouillon Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Crew of Battle K9485:
P/O (33388) Tom HURST (Pilot) RAF: killed
Sgt. (525720) William John ANNING (Obs.) RAF: killed
LAC (551357) Clifford Ronald WELLS (WOp./AG) RAF: killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 78)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 138)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/291: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142140
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258945/hurst,-tom/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258944/anning,-william-john/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258946/wells,-clifford-ronald/
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hurst-tom.html
8. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/105_squadron.html
9. http://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=23233
10. https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graven-anning-hurst-wells-battle-1-k9485-gb-83-105sqn/
11. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/2574/Commonwealth-War-Graves-Bouillon.htm

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14 May 1940

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jan-2015 09:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Mar-2015 14:31	pietrzak	Updated [Cn]
16-Oct-2018 19:19	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Jun-2019 16:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
18-Jun-2019 16:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
18-Jun-2019 16:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
11-Mar-2021 08:44	GilPe	Updated [Location, Country]
26-Jun-2022 01:05	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
10-Apr-2024 10:43	Anon.	Updated [Location, Narrative]