ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21976
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 266 (Rhodesian) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3092 |
| MSN: | 363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Haut de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk |
N3092: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no. 363) First Flown 13-10-39. Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 16-10-39. Issued to 266 (Rhodesian) Squadron 19-1-40 as "UO-V". Shot down by Bf109s over Dunkerque 2-6-40; pilot killed. Total Flying Hours 97.30.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/751): "Spitfire N3092 crashed at sea off Dunkirk, France, 2 June 1940. Sergeant R T Kidman: report of death"
2 June 1940 was 266 Squadron's first combat air patrol over Dunkirk, during which the squadron lost two Spitfires and two pilots. The squadron had moved to RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk using this location as a "forward operations base" for Dunkirk patrols. 266 Squadron found its first action when it engaged some Bf 109s whilst Yellow section attacked some Bf 110s, one of which was shot down by Pilot Officer R M Trousdale to claim 266's first kill. The squadron was also credited with four Bf 109s probably destroyed, but lost Pilot Officer Stevenson in Spitfire N3197/UO-S and Sergeant Kidman in N3092/OU-V killed.
Crew of Spitfire N3092:
Sergeant (Pilot) Ronald Thomas Kidman, RAFVR 741442, age 26, killed in action 02/06/1940, buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Dunkirk, Pas de Calais, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/751: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502635
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2274979/kidman,-ronald-thomas/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5951
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/266_squadron.html#0206
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=52363 .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 08-Sep-2019 03:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Damage] |
| 17-Sep-2019 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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