ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229918
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2485 |
| MSN: | SD-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 10 miles SE of Portland Bill, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Hawker Hurricane N2485 (SD-L): Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat air patrol. Pilot Killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1074): "Hurricane N2485 crashed at sea, south of Portland Bill, 11 July 1940. Sergeant F J P Dixon: report of death"
On 11th July 1940, the pilot Sgt F J P Dixon was shot down in an action over a convoy ten miles south-east of Portland Bill, Dorset, by Oberleutnant Franziket of III/JG27. He baled out of Hurricane N2485 and fell into the sea. An extensive search by the Weymouth lifeboat failed to find him. He was later washed ashore in France and was buried by the Germans at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Crew of Hurricane N2485:
Sgt Frederick John Powell Dixon (Pilot) RAF 742124, aged 21 - killed in action 11/07/1940, body washed ashore on the Northern coast of France, buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Somme, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1074: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502686
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952568/dixon,-frederick-john-powell/
4. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
5. https://www.hurricane501.co.uk/501-squadron-pilots-complete-list/kia-dixon-fredrick-john-powell/
6. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4086
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13264206
8. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/DixonFJP.htm
9. https://www.elmsschool.co.uk/MainFolder/About-Us/The-Elms-Second-World-War-Roll-of-Honour.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2019 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Oct-2019 22:26 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2023 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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