ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228579
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1972 |
| MSN: | US-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1972 (US-V) 56 (Punjab) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations over Dunkerque, France 29 May 1940. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/669): "Hurricane L1972 lost in air operations over Dunkirk, France, 29 May 1940. Sergeant J W Elliott: missing presumed dead"
Airborne from RAF North Weald, Essex for a combat air patrol over the Dunkirk-Calais area on 29 May 1940. Aircraft failed to return, pilot missing, presumed killed, reason for loss of aircraft and pilot not known.
Crew of Hurricane L1972:
Flight Sergeant James Wilfred Elliott, RAF 564608, age 25, posted 29/05/1940, as missing, presumed dead.
As no trace of the pilot or his aircraft was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 14)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/669: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502252
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1269543/elliott,-james-wilfred/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/56_squadron.html#2905
5. http://www.56sqnfirebirds.org.uk/ww2rollofhonour.htm
6. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/yorksother/k8223.html .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2019 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2019 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2019 04:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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