ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225251
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| Date: | Sunday 11 February 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Henley Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 B&GS RAF |
| Registration: | L3339 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea, off Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stormy Down, South Wales |
| RAF Stormy Down, South Wales |
This Henley's service life included assignments to 9 ATS and 7 B & G S (7 Bombing & Gunnery School, RAF Stormy Down, Port Talbot). On 11th February 1940, the aircraft flew into the sea off Porthcawl. The Henley was put into a climb, but stalled and crashed into rocks where it was destroyed by fire. According to the ORB for RAF Stormy Down:
"The station's first fatalities happened on Sunday 11th" [February 1940] "an overcast day with cloud at 1,000 feet. Flight Lt J.N. Thornewill was on anti submarine patrol in Hawker Henley L3339 with Flying Officer R.H. Lemon as crew. As they approached the shore off Rest Bay, Porthcawl, one wing struck the water and the machine hit rocks and exploded. Both were killed"
Crew of Henley L3339:
Flight Lt John Nicholas Thornewill (pilot) (Service Number 39834) - killed
Flying Officer Reginald Henry Lemon (observer) (Service Number 70391) - kiled
Sources:
1. Halley, J J, 1993, Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 to N9999, p.33.
2. https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515451/details/hawker-henley-iii-l3339
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
4. http://www.ceninrenewables.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cottrell-1993-Stormy-AirBase.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2717971/thornewill,-john-nicholas/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427433/lemon,-reginald-henry/
7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1822: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471252
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2019 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-May-2019 07:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-May-2023 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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