ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21931
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3217 |
| MSN: | WX-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
On 29th July 1940 this 302 Squadron aircraft was landing at Leconfield in a cross wind following the pilot's first familiarization flight on the Hurricane type. Although this was his first flight in a Hurricane he was a reasonably experienced pilot having served in Poland as far back as 1936. The aircraft sustained some damage but the pilot was uninjured.
The squadron ORB makes mention of this incident and states that the pilot "was sent away for further training". By following the pilot's service history I would suggest that this never happened. He was simply posted to another squadron.
Pilot:
P/O (P.7676) Kazimierz Lukaszewicz (pol.pilot) PAF /RAFVR: OK.
Hurricane P3217 was built to contract 962371/38/C.23a by the Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd. at the Brockworth factory and was awaiting collection in March 1940. After a period of MU storage it was issued to 302 Squadron at Leconfield on 13th July 1940 when the unit formed. It sustained Cat.M(c)/FA damage in the incident detailed above and was repaired on site. On completion of the repair and on an unknown date in August 1940 it transferred to 79 Squadron at Acklington. On 27th August 1940 it moved with this unit to Biggin Hill before, on an unknown date in September 1940, it transferred to 303 Squadron at Northolt. On 6th October 1940 it sustained Cat.R/FB damage when Northolt was bombed by a lone raider just after midnight. From here it was deemed badly damaged but repairable and was taken away to be repaired in works. After a period of MU storage it was then issued to 8 TFS at Montrose on an unknown date in 1941 for communication duties. It was later struck off charge on 14th January 1942.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/p3217.html
3. https://www.essexinfo.net/polish-school-polska-szkola/dedication/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1940 | P3930 | 302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF | 1 | Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2008 23:37 | Anon. | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2012 07:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-May-2013 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2013 01:10 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2014 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2019 21:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2023 08:09 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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