ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227954
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 May 1940 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 601 (County of London) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2088 |
| MSN: | UF-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abbeville, Somme Department, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L2088 (UF-H), 601 (County of London) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol over the area of Amiens, France. Pilot bailed out and survived. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/502): " Hurricane L2088 failed to return from an operational flight, France, 22 May 1940. Flying Officer C J H Riddle: missing, later reported safe".
Reportedly the pilot - Flying Officer Christopher John Henry Riddle - bailed out of Hurricane L2088 after the engine failed at 14:30 hours local time, and the aircraft came down at Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France (at approximate Coordinates: 50°06′21″N 1°50′09″E). He landed safely by parachute, and eventually returned to his unit.
Note that some unofficial published sources confuse F/O Christopher John Henry Riddle with F/O Hugh Joseph "Huspeth" Riddle, who was a also a Hurricane pilot at the time and was also Christopher's brother.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/502: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502123
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=756
4. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/RiddleCJ.htm
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/601_squadron.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbeville#World_War_II
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2019 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Aug-2019 05:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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