ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228090
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| Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | KJ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Bertangles and Amiens/Glisy, -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Westland Lysander Mk.II KJ-? 16 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations on 19 May 1940. Both crew killed. According to the Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/521): "Lysander crashed between Bertangles and Amiens/Glisy, France, 19 May 1940. Flying Officer A P Reed and Pilot Officer I Dromgoole - report of deaths".
Mission: Tactical Reconnaissance in the area west of Tournai. Possibly shot down by Hptmn Schellmann (Gruppenkommandeur) of Stab II./JG 2 west of Tournai (Doornik). Note that the serial number of the Lysander involved does not seem to have been recorded (at the time or since).
Crew of Lysander
Flying Officer Andrew Patrick "Paddy" Reed, RAF 25132, age 27, posted 19/05/1940, as missing in action
Pilot Officer Ian Dromgoole, RNZAF 42461, age 25, posted 19/05/1940, as missing in action
The crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, as no trace of the aircraft or the two persons on board was ever found.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/521: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502142
2. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232497/dromgoole,-ian/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2939994/reed,-andrew-patrick/
5. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7315
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/16_squadron.html#1905
7. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23363
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2019 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Aug-2019 21:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2019 07:05 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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