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Date: | Tuesday 30 April 1940 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1947 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grounds of Ditchington House, Bungay, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1947 of 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF; lost on combat operations when crashed into the grounds of Ditchington House, Bungay, Suffolk, on return from patrolling the coast between Southwold and Aldeburgh, 30 April 1940. Pilot killed
Crew: Squadron Leader Rupert Hartley-Watson (Pilot, Service Number 90059, aged 28) - killed; buried at Powderham (St Clement) Churchyard, Devon
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 14)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/183:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142008 3.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2811871/hartley-watson,-rupert/ 4.
http://aircrewremembered.com/hartley-watson-rupert.html 5.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sherborneschoolarchives/9412190663 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditchingham_Hall Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jun-2019 23:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
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12-Jun-2019 12:53 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |