ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228700
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| Date: | Friday 31 May 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1982 |
| MSN: | RE-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1982 (RE-X) 229 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over Dunkirk 31 May 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/715): "Hurricane L1982 lost in air operations over Dunkirk, France, 31 May 1940. Pilot Officer J E M Collins: missing presumed dead"
Airborne from RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent for a combat air patrol over the Dunkirk-Calais sector. Missing (failed to return) and presumed killed. Probably shot down, although more likely by flak/AAA than in air to air combat, as no enemy claims made as to shooting down this Hurricane.
Crew of Hurricane L1982:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Edward Martin Collins, RAF 41830, posted 31/05/1940, as missing presumed killed.
As no trace of Hurricane L1982 or its pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/716: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502493
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084750/collins,-john-edward-martin/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/229_squadron.html
5. http://lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/person:colins-john-edward-martin
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2019 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Sep-2019 19:44 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
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