ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225851
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 1939 |
| Time: | 15:05 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2385 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hombourg-Budange, NE of Metz, Moselle 57 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rouvres, France |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 N2385 of 73 Squadron, RAF: Destroyed in combat operations 22 December 1939. Reported as one of two 73 Squadron Hurricanes (the other was L1967) that were shot down north east of Metz, Moselle, France by Bf 109 of Hptmn Hans Von Hahn of 8./JG 53 at 15:05 hours. The shooting down of Hurricane N2385 was the first of Hans Von Hahn's 34 victories in air to air combat.
Crew of Hurricane N2385: Sgt John Winn (Pilot, Service Number 566407) - killed in action
Hurricane N2385 came down near Hombourg-Budange (German: Homburg-Bidingen, Lorraine Franconian: Homréch-Biddéngen) a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France at approximate Coordinates: 49°17′49″N 6°20′47″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/77: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141878
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2320389/winn,-john/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=689
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hombourg-Budange
6. https://www.luftwaffe.cz/hahn3.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2019 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 10:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2022 01:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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