ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229147
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| Date: | Saturday 8 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3542 |
| MSN: | SD-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sentelie, 8 km SE of Poix-de-Picardie, Somme Department -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Le Mans, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3542 (SD-P) 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from a combat air patrol. Pilot killed. According to the official Ar Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/840): "Hurricane crashed at Sentelie, France, 8 June 1940. Pilot Officer R G Hulse: missing presumed dead"
Airborne from Le Mans, France to escort a flight of Fairey Battles to Pitch. Shot down in air to air combat by a Bf 109 or Ju 87 Stuka and come down near Sentelie, 8 km SE of Poix-de-Picardie, Somme Department. Pilot killed.
Crew of Hurricane P3542:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Richard Guy Hulse, RAF (RAFO) 40539, age 24, killed in action 08/06/1940, buried at Sentelie Churchyard, Somme, France
The reported crash site of Sentelie is a French commune located in the department of the Somme , in the region Hauts-de-France at approximate coordinates 49°43'30" north, 2°01'39" east.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/840: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502646
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2847325/hulse,-richard-guy/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/501_squadron.html#0806
5. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3486
6. https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/sentelie-churchyard.html
7. https://www.militaryimages.net/media/richard-guy-hulse.115728/
8. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentelie
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2019 00:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Sep-2019 00:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2019 13:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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