ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228799
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| Date: | Saturday 1 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3543 |
| MSN: | TP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near La Malmaison, between Laon and Rethel, Aisne -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gaye Airfield, Marne, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3543 (TP-E) 73 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over France on 1 June 1940. Pilot bailed out, survived, but as captured and taken PoW. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/749): "Hurricane P3543 failed to return from air operations over Malmaison Aerodrome, France, 1 June 1940. Flight Lieutenant I G G Potts: prisoner of war".
Took off from Gaye Airfield, Marne, France for a combat air patrol and to attack enemy aircraft at Malmaison aerdrome; believed shot down by Bf 109 piloted by Oblt Heinz Kunert of 2./JG 53. Pilot of Hurricane P3543 bailed out, landed safely by parachute, but was captured and became a PoW.
Crew of Hurricane P3543:
Flight Lieutenant I G G Potts (pilot, RAF 40941) - survived, bailed out 1/6/40, captured and became a PoW. Interned in PoW Camp Stalag Luft III as PoW number 1122
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain,1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR 81/749: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502633
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7560
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/73_squadron.html#0106
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2019 01:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Sep-2019 02:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2019 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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