ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228424
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| Date: | Sunday 26 May 1940 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9305 |
| MSN: | 509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
P9305: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no. 509). First Flown 19-1-40. Delivered to the RAF at 24 MU 24-1-40. Issued to 19 Squadron 5-4-40 as "QV-F". Shot down by Bf109s near Dunkerque 27-5-40; Sgt C A Irwin killed.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/618): "Spitfire P9305 failed to return from an operational flight over the Dunkirk-Calais area, France, 26 May 1940. Sergeant C A Irwin: missing presumed dead"
Took off from RAF Hornchurch to Patrol the Dunkirk-Calais sector. Shot down in combat with Me 109s of 1/JG2, South West of Calais at 16:00.
Crew of Spitfire P9305
Sergeant Charles Albert Irwin (pilot, RAF 564214, aged 24) - posted 26/05/40 as missing inaction, presumed dead.
As no trace of Spitfire P9305 or its pilot was ever found, the pilot s commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
As a previous researcher has indicated, Charles Irwin is also commemorated on a memorial in All Hallows Church, Woolbeding, West Sussex.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 52
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/618: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502310
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800936/irwin,-charles-albert/
4. https://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24407
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=18770
6. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/21.htm
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-14#post-201319
8. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40242
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2019 19:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Aug-2019 16:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Mar-2020 15:56 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 20-May-2023 09:03 | Richard | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |
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