ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228693
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| Date: | Friday 31 May 1940 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3419 |
| MSN: | AK-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Mannekensvere and Nieuwpoort, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merville, Lille, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3419 (AK-A) 213 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when shot down during a combat air patrol over Dunkirk-Calais sector. The pilot was killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/709): " Hurricane P3419 failed to return from air operations over Nieuwpoort, Belgium, 31 May 1940. Sergeant T Boyd: report of death"
Airborne from Merville, Lille, France, for a combat air patrol over Dunkirk. Shot down in combat with Bf 109s of III./JG26 over Dunkirk at 14.40 hrs., and came down at Nieuwpoort, Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium. One source gives the crash site as "alongside the road between Mannekensvere and St.Joriz-les-Nieuport, Belgium". May 31 1940 was not a good day for 213 Squadron, they lost five aircraft and two pilots:
Hurricane 1 P9342 AK-L Squadron Leader H D McGregor safe; Came down in sea and rescued by ship.
Hurricane 1 P2763 AK-G Flying Officer K N G Robinson safe; Baled out, landing on a beach and returned by sea.
Hurricane 1 P3424 AK-P Pilot Officer W M Sizer safe; Crash landed on fire near Dunkirk and returned by sea.
Hurricane 1 P3361 AK-D Flying Officer W N Gray; Shot down in combat buried at Den Haag, Westduein Cemetery, when body washed ashore on 17 August 1940.
Hurricane 1 P3419 AK-A Sgt T Boyd. Shot down between Mannekensvere and St.Joriz-les-Nieuport, West Flanders, buried St Joris, Belgium aged 25.
Crew of Hurricane P3419:
Sergeant (Pilot) Thomas Boyd, RAF 516716, age 25, killed in action 31/05/1940, buried at St. Joris Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
The reported crash location of Sint-Joris (Saint-Georges in French) is a section of the Belgian city of Nieuwpoort located in the Flemish Region in the province of West-Flanders at approximate co ordinates 51°07' north, 2°46' east.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/709: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502486
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2253035/boyd,-thomas/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/213_squadron.html#3105
5. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/516716-sergeant-pilot-thomas-boyd-no-213-squadron-raf.19982/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06069.php
7. http://aircrewremembered.com/edward-george-winning.html
8. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crash-wvl-zz7.php
9. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Joris_(Nieuport)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2019 17:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Sep-2019 17:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2019 19:44 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:55 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2022 13:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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