ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228143
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| Date: | Monday 27 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3030 |
| MSN: | 319 (KL-T) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
N3030: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no. 319). First Flown 13-9-39. Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 17-9-39. First issued to 19 Squadron 3-10-39. Transferred to 54 Squadron 10-1-40. Written off (destroyed) when lost (Missing on patrol) near Dunkerque. Pas de Calais 27-5-40. Pilot killed.
Took off from RAF Hornchurch, Essex 27 May 1940 for a combat air patrol over the Dunkerque area. Last sighted chasing a Junkers Ju88 over Calais. According to the official Air Ministry File in the incident (File AIR 81/544): "Spitfire N3030 failed to return from an operational flight over Dunkirk, France, 27 May 1940. Acting Flight Lieutenant M C Pearson: missing presumed dead"
Crew of Spitfire N3030
Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Charles Pearson, RAF 33274, posted 27/05/1940, as missing presumed killed.
As no trace of Spitfire N3030 or its pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air britain, 1977 p 17)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/544: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502032
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804106/pearson,-maxwell-charles/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/54_squadron.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p002.html
6. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-14#post-200405
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2019 17:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Aug-2019 06:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2022 23:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 12-Nov-2023 09:20 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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