ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227020
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1940 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 87 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1834 |
| MSN: | LK-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ramegnies-Chin, E of Ath, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Seclin Airbase, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1834 (LK-B) 87 Squadron, RAF; Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol. Pilot bailed out after combat with Me 110s, but his parachute caught fire, and he plunged to earth. According to the official Air Ministry File on this incident (File AIR 81/359): "Pilot Officer C C D Mackworth, report of death; Hurricane L1834 crashed in Belgium, 14 May 1940". The plane came down on fire around 5:45 pm in Ramegnies-Chin, east of Ath
Crew of Hurricane L1834:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Christopher Charles Dolden Mackworth, RAF 40728, age 21, killed in action 14/05/1940, buried at Bruyelle War Cemetery, Belgium
Hurricane L1834 was most likely the victim of Lt. Joachim Müncheberg of Stab III./JG 26. Müncheberg became a famous fighter pilot, he won 135 victories. He did not survive the war, he died in Tunisia on 23/03/1943.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 13)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/359: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502163
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2253868/mackworth,-christopher-charles-dolben/
4. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/hawker-hurricane-l1834-te-ramegnies-chin
5. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crash-hai-chin.php
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2019 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Jul-2019 09:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 20:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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