ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72334
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| Date: | Thursday 8 August 1940 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 238 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2947 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | In sea SW of Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Middle Wallop |
| Middle Wallop |
Ditched in the Channel off the IOW at 13:40hrs after attack on a Heinkel He59 during a search for earlier squadron losses.
When two of his pilots were reported missing in the Channel, Squadron Leader Harold Fenton flew gamely off to search for them-only to find himself outduelled and shot down by a German observation plane. Hauled aboard the trawler HMS Bassett, Fenton spend a damp unhappy afternoon drying out in the boiler-room-along with a German pilot so confident he’d flown over England with nothing more lethal than a Very pistol and a packet of prophylactics.
(From Eagle Day by Richard Collier)
German pilots: Oberlt. Martin Muller the Gruppenadjutant of Stab I./StG3. & Hptmn. Waldemar Plewig the Gruppenkommandeur of Stab II./StG77 were both picked up by HMS Basset that day.
Sources:
Battle in the Skies over the Isle of Wight
HJT Leal
Isle of Wight County Press. 1988.
Eagle Day by Richard Collier
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2010 23:50 | John Baker | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 03-Dec-2012 05:57 | Ricardo | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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