ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90084
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| Date: | Thursday 17 October 1940 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3174 |
| MSN: | AK-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ashford, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Headcorn, Kent |
On October 17th 1940, in this area, a Hurricane crashed after being shot down from above the clouds by a German Bf-109". This was Hurricane I, P3174 "AK-G", of No. 213 Squadron, flown by Pilot Officer Ronald Atkinson, RAFVR, aged 19; he was shot down at 16:30 near Ashford in Kent
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (Jaames J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a3098540.shtml
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2361284/atkinson,-ronald/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1940 | P2763 | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2011 15:38 | angels one five | Added |
| 13-Feb-2011 15:41 | angels one five | Updated [Date] |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:30 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 22:51 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 01:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 01:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 25-May-2019 10:34 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2019 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:55 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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