ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228559
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2659 |
| MSN: | US-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dunkerque Beach, Dunkerque, Pas de Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I N2659 (US-T) 56 (Punjab) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol over the Calais-Dunkirk sector. Pilot bailed out, evaded capture, and returned to his unit. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/657): "Hurricane N2659 in air operations over Dunkirk, France, 29 May 1940. Pilot Officer K C Dryden: missing, later reported safe"
Took off from RAF Manston, Kent for a combat air patrol over the Calais-Dunkirk sector. Force landed on the beach at Dunkirk due to engine failure. Not reported as being due to air to air combat or flak/AAA. As stated above, the pilot successfully escaped from his aircraft, uninjured, and made his way back to England by boat via Dunkirk
Crew of Hurricane N2659
Pilot Officer K C Dryden (pilot, RAF 42489) - survived uninjured, returned to his unit.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 14)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/657: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502240
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7516
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/56_squadron.html#2905
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=102404&postcount=29
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 May 1940 | P3355 | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2019 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2019 12:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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