ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227520
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| Date: | Saturday 18 May 1940 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2430 |
| MSN: | US-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brebières near Vitry-en-Artois, SE of Douai, Pas de Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitry-en-Artois, near Douai, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I N2430 (US-B) 56 (Punjab) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol on 18 May 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident: "Hurricane N2430 crashed near Vitry-en-Artois, France, 18 May 1940. Flying Officer F C Rose: report of death"
Details lacking, but was one of two 56 Squadron Hurricane lost on 18 May 1940; the squadron had only relocated to Vitry-en-Artois the previous day, and the above incident was the squadron's first combat air patrol. One source (see link #5) states that Hurricane N2430 was shot down by a Bf 110 at 15:30 hours at Brebières, near Vitry-en-Artois, south est of Douai, Pas-de-Calais
Crew of Hurricane N2430:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Frank Charles Rose, RAF 39901, age 24, killed in action 18/05/1940, buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
The reported crash location of Brebières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France, at approximate Coordinates: 50°20′15″N 3°01′25″E.
Note that some published unofficial sources list the Hurricane of F/O Frank Rose as "N2439"; two 56 Squadron Hurricanes were lost in the combat air patrols of 18-05-1940. N2430 (with F/O Rose) was one, the other other was N2439 (Flight Lieutenant Ian S. Soden). The Air Ministry AIR 81 files confirm which pilot was in which aircraft.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 13)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 81/430: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502101
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279942/rose,-frank-charles/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/56_squadron.html#1805
5. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=714
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brebi%C3%A8res
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2019 00:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Jul-2019 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 08:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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