ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21946
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| Date: | Saturday 1 June 1940 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 87 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3519 |
| MSN: | LK-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Church Fenton North Yorkshire |
Hawker Hurricane P3519/T: Written off (destroyed) in a fatal flying accident while on a training flight.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/2197):
"Pilot Officer H J R Dunn, killed; aircraft accident, Hurricane P 3519, 87 Squadron, 1 June 1940".
On 1st June 1940 the pilot of this aircraft was undertaking a training flight from RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, and was over the area to the north of Leeds when he failed to recover from a stalled turn, this was reported to have left himself insufficient height to pull out of the dive. The aircraft crashed near RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire, at 12:30 hrs and the pilot was sadly killed.
Crew:
P/O (33411) Horatio James Rennie Dunn (pilot) RAF killed on active service 01/06/1940
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2197: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471627
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721868/dunn,-horatio-james-rennie/
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23380-P-O-Horatio-James-quot-Jimmy-quot-Rennie-Dunn-RAF-(33411)-Battle-of-France
5. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/29.htm
6. http://www.henhamhistory.org/DunnWMem.html
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104279335/horatio-james_rennie-dunn
8. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/p3519.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2008 23:38 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Aug-2008 01:34 | paulmcmillan | Updated |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 14:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
| 05-Jan-2012 14:02 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Sep-2019 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2019 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2024 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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