ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136961
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2000 |
| MSN: | LK- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Froidmont, Tournai, near Mons, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk |
Hawker Hurricane L2000 (DZ-V) 151 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat air patrol over France-Belgium border on 16 May 1940. Pilot posted as "missing presumed killed". According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/602): "Pilot Sergeant A N Trice: missing presumed dead; shot down over Froidmont, Belgium, 19 May 1940."
Shot down by Ltn. Wilhelm Schetelig: 1 5./JG 2 or Ltn. Hans-Jürgen Hepe: 1 5./JG 2. Both pilots claimed 1 Hurricane as destroyed, but only 1 was really shot down. Therefore, the aircraft in question was either a "shared kill" between the two pilots, or one of them shot it down on his own, with the other claim being false. (Its not clear which is the case)
On the other hand, one unofficial published source states: "151 Squadron on attachment to 87 Squadron as from 16 May 40. Hawker Hurricane I. On patrol, shot down at 15:50 near Tournai in combat with Bf-109s Claimed by Uffz Dahmer of 4/JG26".
Crew of Hurricane L2000:
Sgt Alan Newton Trice, Service Number 565017 - Missing In Action/presumed Killed In Action
As no trace of the Hurricane or its pilot was ever found, the pilot is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The reported crash location of Froidmont is a section of the Belgian city of Tournai, located in the Walloon Region in the province of Hainaut at approximate co ordinates 50°34' North, 3°19' East.
Note that the serial number of L2000 for the Hurricane involved is not officially confirmed, and is derived from unofficial published sources. However Hurricane L2000 was struck off charge on 16 May 1940, which is perhaps not a coincidence
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/602: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502294
3. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-9
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809023/trice,-alan-newton/
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1420
6. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/22.htm
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-9#post-196708
8. http://www.151squadron.org.uk/1940.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 02:04 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 00:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 19:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Sep-2019 16:13 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 02:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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