ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228818
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| Date: | Monday 3 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | TP-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Champaille and Le Clos Milon, 7 km SW of Chatillion-sur-Marne -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Echemines, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (TP-Z) 73 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol on 3 June 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/755): "Pilot Officer I D Hawken: report of death; Hurricane crashed near Dormans, France, 3 June 1940"
Airborne from Echemines, France for a Combat Air Patrol over Epernay area. Shot down in air to air combat, probably by a Bf 109 from 1./JG 26. No further details, and the serial number of the Hurricane involved does not seem to have been recorded.
Crew of Hurricane:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Ian Douglas Hawken, RAF 82165, age 24, killed in action 03/06/1940, buried (eventually) at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas De Calais, France.
Pilot Officer Ian Douglas Hawken was initially buried at Dormans Communal Cemetery in June 1940, and later re-buried at Epernay on 10 January 1947. He was finally laid to rest in October 1947 at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas De Calais, France.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/756: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502365
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280901/hawken,-ian-douglas/
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5440
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/73_squadron.html#0306
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/hawken-ian.html
6. https://www.facebook.com/715123895250271/posts/pilot-officer-ian-douglas-hawken-part-5after-returning-from-the-base-hospital-at/826856217410371/
7. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/ian-douglas-hawken-birth-1916-death-1940/164184197
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2019 23:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Sep-2019 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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