ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15995
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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1940 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 310 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3159 |
| MSN: | NN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South of Wennington Church, nr Romford, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
On Saturday, August 31 1940, a 310 (Czech) Squadron Hurricane, P3159, operating from Duxford was attacking enemy bombers, identified as Dornier 215s, escorted by Bf 110's and Bf 109's over the Thames Estuary. The Hurricane was attacked and disabled by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft at 1.30pm.
The Hurricane P3159 crashed south of Wennington Church, Romford but the pilot, a Czechoslovakian, Pilot Officer Jaroslay Sterbacek, was posted missing in combat. Sterbacek was the first Czech airman casualty in the Battle of Britain.
Crew:
P/O (81901) Jaroslav Štěrbáček (Cs.pilot) RAFVR - killed
In spite of the wreck being excavated in 1978, with some items being recovered, Jaroslav's body was never recovered. He therefore still has no known grave, and is thus commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980 p 18)
2. http://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/WESTESSEXcrashesMishaps3WW2.pdf
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807955/sterbacek,-jaroslav/
4. https://fcafa.com/2012/06/02/hurricane-aircraft-of-310-sqn-and-312-sqn/
5. https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/63129-the-battle-of-britain-weather-diary/page/5/
6. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/so-it-began-their-finest-hour.31735/page-8#post-401126
8. http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/pilots/St-pilots.html#SterbacekJ
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1941 | Z2505 | 310 Sqn RAF | 1 | Leachie Hill, Stonehaven Kincardine near Stonehaven, Scotland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2008 11:56 | Nepa | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:06 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2019 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 12:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2019 12:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2019 13:46 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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