ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89104
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| Date: | Friday 31 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | UP-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | About 6 miles north of Folkestone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk I, L 2117, ( registration source RAF Web ) of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 31/5/40 when crashed about 6 miles north of Folkestone, Kent. The pilot was killed.
Not long after taking off the Hurricane's engine failed, probably as the result of overheating due to a coolant leak. The pilot attempted to make a forced landing but the plane was seen to roll over and dive into the ground, crashing on a road north of Folkestone. It is believed that the pilot was overcome by glycol fumes and was incapacitated.
Pilot:
P/O (40609) Antonio Simmons DINI RAF, killed in a flying accident, 31/5/1940. He is buried in Hawkinge Cemetery.
Antonio Dini was from New Zealand and joined the RAF late in 1937. In the air fighting over France in the weeks before the accident he had been credited with shooting down five enemy aircraft and had shared in the destruction of two.
Serial has been quoted as L2217, but this belonged to a Walrus.
Sources:
1. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/605_squadron.html#1705
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2361158/dini,-antonio-simmons/
3. https://www.facebook.com/126834467471736/posts/seventy-seven-years-ago-today-pilot-officer-antonio-simmons-dini-of-no-605-squad/799727893515720/
4. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23233
5. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/antonio-simmons-dini
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_New_Zealand#D
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6135&p=35080#35080
8. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13371.0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 September 1940 | P3828 | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF | 0 | Ticehurst, East Sussex, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2011 13:44 | ThW | Added |
| 15-Jun-2011 20:57 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2011 00:17 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 06:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2019 19:55 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2019 19:36 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2023 03:59 | angels one five | Updated [[Registration, Narrative]] |
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