ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21921
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| Date: | Sunday 1 September 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2586 |
| MSN: | AF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles S of Usworth near the Usworth D/F station, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, near Sunderland, County, Durham |
| RAF Usworth, near Sunderland, County, Durham |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 N2586 (AF-B) of 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) September 1 1940. The aircraft was wrecked after suffering an in flight fire crashed while making a forced-landing 4 miles South of RAF Usworth, near Sunderland, County, Durham near the Usworth D/F station, County Durham
Pilot - Pilot Officer P C Weeks - injured
Sources:
1. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-WWII1939-40.htm
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2969: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16472467
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
4. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1985/1985%20-%20Mar.pdf p 37
5. RAF Usworth in 1940: http://www.boldonwm.uk/air2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | P2572 | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF | 0 | Lens-Saint-Servais, Geer, Liège |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2008 23:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-May-2019 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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