ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21930
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1940 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3646 |
| MSN: | SD-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lydden Marsh, near Canterbury, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Kent |
| RAF Gravesend, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane P3646 "SD-A" of 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when caught fire in flight at 17:15 hours 31 July 1940. Pilot - Pilot Officer Ralph Stidson Don (Service Number 81348) - bailed out, with injuries. According to a published biography of the pilot (see link #4)
"On 31st July, 501 Squadron was using Hawkinge as a forward operating base. Ralph Don was returning from there to Gravesend in the evening when the engine of his Hurricane caught fire and he baled out. He was seriously injured and admitted to Canterbury Hospital. The aircraft, P3646, crashed and burned out on Lydden Marsh."
According to other published sources, the cause of the engine fire was combat damage after the Hurricane attacked enemy Junkers Ju 87s, and the Hurricane was hit by return fire (see link #5)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1978
2. Battle of Britain Then and Now Vol V
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR 81/2495: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471829
4. https://www.hurricane501.co.uk/501-squadron-pilots-complete-list/don-ralph-stidson/
5. http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=30450
6. https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hurricane/110944-4152019.html
7. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/67046/Don-Ralph-Stidson.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2008 23:37 | Anon. | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2013 13:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2019 13:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2019 15:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2019 10:35 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2023 15:27 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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