ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228151
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| Date: | Friday 24 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 242 ("All Canadian") Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3266 |
| MSN: | LE-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas de Calais 62 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3266 (LE-M) 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations on 24 May 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/551): "Hurricane P3266 shot down over the English Channel, 24 May 1940. Pilot Officer R L Hill - report of death".
Airborne from RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent for a combat air patrol over the area of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Reportedly shot down by Flak/AAA (not fighters) and crashed into the English Channel. Pilot missing presumed killed
Crew of Hurricane P3266
Pilot Officer Robert Laird Hill, RAF 41925 (Canadian national), age 24, posted 24/05/1940, as missing, presumed killed.
As no trace of Hurricane P3266 or its pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J .Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 19)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/552: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502003
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800135/hill,-robert-laird/
4. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1800135
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/242_squadron.html#2405 .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2019 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Aug-2019 06:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2019 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 13-Apr-2020 14:28 | Investig | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-May-2023 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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