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Date: | Saturday 9 September 1939 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1954 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Metheringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Metheringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1954, 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/9/39 when lost height at night and crashed on approach, RAF Metheringham, North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. Pilot - Flying Officer John Michael Godfree Browne (Service Number 90066, aged 34) - was killed
He was the grandson of Michael Browne who founded the lace making company Dobsons and M. Browne & Co. Ltd., which made the 38 Battle of Britain Commemorative lace panels. (31 of which have been located including one in Southwell Minster).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 3. Newark Advertiser 31/03/2011:
http://legacy.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Wartime-pilots-life-revealed 4.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158423884/john-michael_godfree-browne 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metheringham 6.
http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digby_crashes.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAF#In_World_War_II 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2703679/browne,-john-michael-godfree/ 9.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359534 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Apr-2018 21:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Oct-2018 07:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Apr-2019 22:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Apr-2022 00:33 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |