ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53920
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 June 1940 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3313 |
| MSN: | DZ-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off French coast, near Cherbourg, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
| RAF North Weald, Essex |
Hawker Hurricane P3313 (DZ-U), 151 Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations on 18/06/40 during an afternoon combat air patrol over the North Sea, off the coast of France. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/936): "Hurricane P3313 lost in air operations over the North Sea, 18 June 1940. Pilot Officer L Wright: report of death"
German bombers were intercepted over Cherbourg, Normandy, France, as 151 Squadron attacked shipping. There were three Heinkel 111s operating and in the fight which followed, one of the Heinkels was seen to have its engines on fire, and another disappeared with its undercarriage down and presumably severely damaged. Pilot Officer Wright bailed out and a Destroyer steamed to the spot where he was seen to go down, but he was not found.
Crew of Hurricane P3313:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Leslie Wright, RAF 70903 (South Africa), age 27, killed in action 18/06/1940, buried at Hook of Holland General Cemetery, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Pilot presumed drowned after landing in the water, as his body was washed ashore on 16/08/40 (two months later) on the Netherlands coast, and was buried at the Hook of Holland Cemetery
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/936: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502568
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635103/wright,-leslie/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/151_squadron.html#1806
5. https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/aircrewprofile.php?AircrewID=10047
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase] |
| 22-Apr-2019 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2019 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2019 19:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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