ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89114
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| Date: | Friday 1 May 1942 |
| Time: | c. 19:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 457 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | BM188 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing in the sea off France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Redhill,Surrey |
On May 1st 1942 the squadron was detailed to provide high altitude (25,000 feet) cover for a Hurricane bomber raid on the Shell (Oil) factory at Marquise.
On the return trip F/Lt North was seen diving from 17,000 feet, accompanied by his wingman (in Spitfire BM251), on an enemy aircraft just inside the French coast. The two Spitfires were being chased by ten enemy fighters. They were not seen again and are believed to have been shot down into the sea off the coast.
Pilots:
F/Lt Harold Leslie NORTH DFC RAF (from New Zealand ) and Sgt A.F. PEACOCK RAAF are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.phoneman.org/96sqdn/96sdnpages21_25.htm
457 Sqn ORB
CWGC
https://www.aircrewremembered.com/north-harold-leslie.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2011 14:04 | ThW | Added |
| 18-Jan-2011 02:25 | penguin832 | Updated [Registration, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2011 01:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 21:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 22:05 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2015 06:18 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jul-2022 17:41 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2022 18:53 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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