ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176717
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| Date: | Sunday 1 September 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3150 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Betts Mead Recreation Ground, Kenley, Caterham, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croydon, Surrey |
Flying Officer (Service Number 40452) Patrick Philip 'Woody' WOODS-SCAWEN DFC (pilot) RAF, was born at Karachi, India and flew with No 85 Sqn. He had scored 14 kills and was awarded the D.F.C. In a tragic incident, Pat P Woods-Scawen baled out of his Hurricane (P3150) after a combat with a Bf 109 on the 1st of September 1940, near RAF Kenley, and was killed when his parachute failed to open.
His body was found on the 6th of September 1940 in the grounds of The Ivies, Kenley Lane. His Hurricane came to earth and was partially buried into the ground at Betts Mead Recreation Ground, Kenley, Caterham, Surrey.
In a double tragedy, his brother, C.A. "Tony" Woods-Scawen, was killed in combat the very next day (September 2nd 1940) in Hurricane V7420 of 43 Squadron over Fryland, near Ivychurch, Kent
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1979)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Woods-Scawen
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2434165/woods-scawen,-patrick-philip/
4. https://www.cbfs.org.uk/85-squadron/last-of-the-few/
5. http://intotheswarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/patrick-tony-woods-scawen.html
6. https://battleofbritain.wordpress.com/the-squadrons/85-squadron/
7. http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=244414;article=12569
8. https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/betts-mead-recreation-ground
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2015 19:01 | Nepa | Added |
| 07-Jun-2015 20:52 | Faun | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2019 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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