ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157759
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1052 |
| MSN: | 267 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
L1052: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/n 267). First Flown 10-7-39. Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU RAF Cosford 13-7-39. Issued to 611 Squadron 9-9-39. This aircraft was damaged whilst taxying fast downwind on the airfield at RAF Digby at 14:35 hours on 19-2-40. A gust of wind lifted the aircraft's tail when the pilot braked sharply, and the aircraft tipped onto its nose. Pilot (Pilot Officer V.G.Penney) was unhurt. Transferred to 64 Squadron 17-4-40 after repairs.
Missing presumed shot down by Bf109s over Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts-de-France 29-5-40. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/664): "Spitfire L1052 lost in air operations over the Dunkirk area, France, 29 May 1940. Squadron Leader E G Rogers: missing presumed dead"
Crew of Spitfire L1052:
Squadron Leader Eric George Rogers (pilot, Service Number 37212, aged 24) - was posted 29/05/40 as Missing In Action, presumed Killed In Action.
As no trace of the pilot or his aircraft was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtian, 1978 p 5)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p002.html
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/664: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502247
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940508/rogers,-eric-george/
5. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-15#post-202390
6. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/L1052
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1940-incident-logs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2013 04:16 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Aug-2013 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-May-2018 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2019 19:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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