ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53934
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 825 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | K6009 |
| MSN: | F2228 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Goodwin Sands -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling |
Fairey Swordfish Mk I K6009 "G5-B", lost 28/5/40 during a bombing raid over Dunkirk, ditched into the North Sea off the Goodwin Sands in bad visibility following sortie to attack E boats reported off Ostend. One of the two crew was killed. Captain W.G.S Aston - survived and evaded capture. The other crew member - Sub-Lieutenant (Air) Peter H. Rylands, RN, H.M.S. Glorious, [attached to 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm], age 19, was killed (drowned). His body was recovered next day (28/05/1940) and interred at Breskens (Kijkuit) General Cemetery, Netherlands
825 Squadron, FAA Royal Navy Swordfish were transferred, May 1940, from HMS Glorious to the RAF Coastal Command to operate from shore based airfields, to take part in support operations of the Dunkirk evacuation.
Sources:
1, Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtiain, 1976 page 48)
2. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/825_squadron.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7250-Lt-Alexander-Desmond-NEELY-No-825-Squadron
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Dec-2017 15:13 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Apr-2018 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2019 16:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 01-Dec-2020 14:01 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2021 17:49 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Cn] |
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