ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176743
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| Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2562 |
| MSN: | VY-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lille, Nord Department, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Seclin Airbase, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P2562 (VY-B) 85 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over France. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (AIR 81/957): "Casualty list 10-20 May: 85 Squadron. Sergeant Pilot J McGregor Little: missing presumed dead, 19 May 1940"
Airborne from Lille/Seclin Airbase, France, for a combat air patrol. Shot down 12:00 hrs by Bf 109 of I/JG 2 near Lille.
Crew of Hurricane P2562:
Sergeant John McGregor Little (pilot, age 22) RAFVR 741292, posted 19/05/1940 as missing, presumed killed in action
As no trace of Sgt McGregor was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File 81/957: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502408
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1078784/little,-john-mcgregor/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=726
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/85_squadron.html#1905
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1940 | P3895 | 85 Sqn RAF | 1 | Near RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2015 12:37 | Thomas Fuk | Added |
| 08-Jun-2015 13:42 | INV | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2015 17:50 | INV | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2019 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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