ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226918
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk1 |
| Owner/operator: | 87 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2538 |
| MSN: | LK-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Huldenburg, Leuven, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Seclin Airbase, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P2538 (LK-L) 87 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when failed to return from air combat operations 15 May 1940. Pilot was Pilot Officer T J Edwards: aircraft shot down at Huldenburg, Belgium by a Bf110C of II/ZG 76; the pilot was killed. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/374): "Pilot Officer T J Edwards, missing presumed dead. Hurricane P2562 [*sic] crashed at Huldenberg, Belgium, 15 May 1940"
Crew of Hurricane P2538:
Pilot Officer Trevor J. Edwards, RAF 70200, age 25, 15/05/1940, posted missing in action, presumed killed. His body was never found, and thus he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
*NOTE: The official Air Ministry files list Hurricane P2562 and P/O T J Edwards lost on this date. Other published unofficial sources list P2538 was lost on 19 May 1940 (four days later) with 85 Squadron and Sgt J McG Little near Lille, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/374: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502261
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232824/edwards,-trevor-john/
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1458
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/87_squadron.html
6. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=708
7. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=726
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldenberg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2019 09:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jul-2019 14:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2019 10:16 | DG303 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Aug-2019 06:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Country] |
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