Date:	Saturday 2 March 1940
Time:	12:00 LT
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Owner/operator:	1 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1671
MSN:	JX-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Fénétrange, south of Sarre-Union, Moselle department, Grand Est -   France
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Vassincourt, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1671 (JX-P) of 1 Squadron, RAF: Took off from Vassincourt, France at 10:45. Operation: Intercept. Engine damaged by return fire from Do 17P of 4.(F)/11 Luftwaffe, engaged in combat over Metz. Crashed attempting forced-landing at Fénétrange, south of Sarre-Union, Moselle department, Grand Est, France at around 12:00. Pilot killed.

Pilot Officer (Pilot) John S. Mitchell, RAF 41607 (NZ), 1 Sqn., age 21, 02/03/1940, buried at Chambieres French National Cemetery, Metz, France

1. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
2. Norman L.R. Franks, Fighter Command Losses, Vol 1, 1939-1941, Second edition, Midland, 2008;
3. Fighter Command Air Combat Claims 1939-1945
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/1_squadron.html
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/98: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141920
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2320376/mitchell,-john-stewart/
7. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=690
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9n%C3%A9trange
9. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=6297

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jun-2011 13:48	ThW	Added
04-Jan-2012 12:20	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2012 08:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
06-Jun-2019 16:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Jun-2019 10:43	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]