Date:	Sunday 8 September 1940
Time:	12:30
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Owner/operator:	46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF
Registration:	P3201
MSN:	-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Stapleford Tawney, Epping Forest district
Destination airport:	RAF Stapleford Tawney, Essex

Narrative:
46 Sqn Royal Air Force, Hawker Hurricane P3201, operating from RAF Stapleford Tawney, Epping Forest, England, was shot down and crashed at Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent during combat over the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England on the 8th September 1940. The Royal Navy Pilot (attached to the RAF),
Pilot:
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Jack Conway Carpenter RN - baled out but subsequently died.
R.I.P.

1. U-boats in Atlantic, September 1940 (naval-history.net)
2. Battle of Britain London Monument - Sub/Lt.(FAA) J C CARPENTER (bbm.org.uk)
3. Stapleford Aerodrome - Wikipedia
4. Hurricane P3201 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory (worldnavalships.com)
5. Hurricane - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory (worldnavalships.com)
6. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
7. Ca-pilots (the-battle-of-britain.co.uk)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2021 22:48	Peter Clarke	Added
12-Feb-2021 09:44	Castle	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 09:31	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]