ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228184
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| Date: | Friday 24 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 242 ("All Canadian") Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3272 |
| MSN: | LE-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3272 (LE-E) 242 (Canadian) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol over Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, France. Pilot missing, presumed killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/556): "Hurricane P3272 crashed near Dunkirk, France, 24 May 1940. Pilot Officer J W Mitchell: missing presumed dead"
Took off from RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, for a combat air patrol over the Dunkerque and Boulogne areas of the Pas de Calais. Reportedly shot down by flak/AAA (and not by enemy aircraft), and crashed into the English Channel off Dunkerque
Crew of Hurricane P3272:
Pilot Officer James W. Mitchell, RAF 41942, age 24, posted 24/05/1940, as missing believed killed.
As no trace of P/O Mitchell or his aircraft were 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 81/556): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502007
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1076961/mitchell,-james-william/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/242_squadron.html#2405
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2019 21:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Aug-2019 10:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2020 14:29 | INV | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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