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Date: | Friday 29 March 1940 |
Time: | 09:15 |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P2570 |
MSN: | TP-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Brienne-le-Château, Aube -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Rouvres, France |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 P2570 (TP-R) of 73 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) in combat operations on 29 March 1940. Shot down at 09:15 hours by Oberlt Boenigk of 9./JG 53 during attack on Do 17 of 2.(F)/22 and overturned in a forced-landing at Brienne-le-Château, Aube department in north-central France, 26 miles northeast of Troyes at (approximate Coordinates: 48°23′31″N 4°31′35″E). Pilot killed
Crew: Pilot Officer (Pilot) James Garland 'Tubs' Perry, RAF Service Number 40424, 73 Sqn., age 22; killed in action, buried at Chambieres French National Cemetery, Metz, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/108:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141930 3. The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008; Norman L.R. Franks, Fighter Command Losses, Vol 1, 1939-1941, Second edition, Midland, 2008
4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2320382/perry,-james-garland/ 5.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4897 6.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/73_squadron.html 7.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/a-letter-from-pilot-officer-henry-hall-to-his-daughter.73352/ 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brienne-le-Ch%C3%A2teau Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jun-2019 23:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-Jun-2019 10:38 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
30-Jun-2022 08:59 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |