ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89618
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| Date: | Saturday 2 March 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2/I/2 Aéronautique Militaire Belge |
| Registration: | H-39 |
| MSN: | N2361(?) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bierset AFB, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bierset |
H-39, 2/I/2 Aé, The famous three blade propeller Hurricane thought to be later registered H-39, identified as ex-RAF N2361 (to be confirmed). It was discovered in a hangar at Wevelgem airfield. The particular aircraft was indeed severely damaged in an emergency landing at Esplechin (Tournai) on December 9th, 1939 and according to its pilot Sgt. "Dinky" Howell had "a damaged undercart and prop shortened by at least a foot or so". The plane landed 400 metres from French border. A farmer decided to help pilot and push the plane over the border to France, but two Belgian gendarmes tied to stop that and they draw them other side. That hilarious situation ended when one wheel fell into a ditch
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed (ground looped) at Bierset on 2 Mar 1940
Sources:
1. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=143040
2. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/interbellum/Hawker%20Hurricane%20I/Hawker%20Hurricane%20I%20frontpage.html
3. https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/85852-history-of-hurricane-mk-i-mk-ii/&do=findComment&comment=1613585
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2011 12:13 | ThW | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 02:35 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Apr-2019 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2019 00:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 29-Jun-2022 21:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jun-2022 22:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2022 21:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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