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Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 88 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K9348 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hirson, near Bosmont-sur-Serre, Aisne, east of Marle, Picardy -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Les Grandes Chappelles aerodrome, France |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fairey Battle Mk.I K9348 (RH-Y) 88 Sqaudron, RAF: Substantially damaged in a combat operation on 19 May when hit by flak/AAA and crash landed in the vicinity of Hirson, near Bosmont-sur-Serre, Aisne, east of Marle, Picardy, Hauts de France. All three crew survived, one injured, two uninjured. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/486): "Battle K9348 hit by enemy fire, France, 19 May 1940. Leading Aircraftman T Wigglesworth, injured. Flying Officer D L R Halliday and Sergeant S C Boyton, uninjured"
Took off from Les Grandes Chappelles aerodrome, France (after 88 Squadron had relocated from Mourmelon on May 17). Hit by flak/AAA and force landed at Hirson, near Bosmont-sur-Serre, Aisne, east of Marle, Picardy, Hauts de France, in a badly damaged condition. However, not abandoned, but salvaged by No.4 RSU (Repair & Salvage Unit) on 3 June 1940. To No.21 AD (Aircraft Depot) 10 June 1940 for inspection and assessment pending a decision on whether to scrap or repair. No further record, and presumed abandoned after the withdrawl from France by the end of June 1940
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J .Halley, Air Britain. 1976 p 77)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 134)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/486:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502188 4.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1612492 5.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=34966 .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Aug-2019 23:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
02-Aug-2019 23:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2019 11:14 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |