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Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 17 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N2525 |
MSN: | YB-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Cambrai, Nord 59 -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk.I N2525 (YB-K) 17 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 19 May 1940 when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol over Cambrai, France. Pilot bailed out and survived. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 818/457): "Hurricane N2525 crashed near Cambrai, France, 19 May 1940. Sergeant C W J Pavey, prisoner of war"
As stated above Hurricne N2525 was shot down by a Bf 109 of LG2 and the pilot ,Sergeant C W J Pavey, baled out near Cambrai, Nord Department, Hauts de France. He was captured and taken as a PoW.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 13)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/452:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14501987 3. Norman L.R. Franks, Fighter Command Losses, Vol 1, 1939-1941, Second edition, Midland, 2008
4.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=723 5.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/17_squadron.html#1905 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrai Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jul-2019 01:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Jul-2019 04:22 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |