Date:	Friday 12 July 1940
Time:	12:30
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Owner/operator:	145 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N2703
MSN:	-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	north west of Ringwood, Hampshire, England, -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Destination airport:	RAF Tangmere, West Sussex

Narrative:
Hurricane N2703 force landed and turned over following engine failure south west of Ringwood, Hampshire on the 12th July 1940.
Crew:
Sub-Lt. Francis Alan SMITH (Royal Navy pilot, attached to the RAF) was slightly injured.
Lieutenant, Smith was killed on 8th August 1940 when his Hurricane P3545 was shot down over the English Channel.

1. Hurricane N2703 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory (worldnavalships.com)
2. Battle of Britain London Monument - Sub/Lt. (FAA) F A SMITH (bbm.org.uk)
3. Sm-pilots (the-battle-of-britain.co.uk)
4. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
5. Hampshire Aircraft Crashes and Accidents. (hampshireairfields.co.uk)
MA_Marlins Online Squadron • View topic - Still diggin up German Bombs (ma-squadron.co.uk)
No. 145 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War (historyofwar.org)

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4 August 1939	L1582	73 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Digby, Lincolnshire, England		w/o
Bounced on landing
20 July 1940	N2670	32 Sqn RAF	1	North Foreland, off Ramsgate, Kent, England		w/o
1 August 1940	P3155	145 Sqn RAF	1	English Channel, 10 miles south of Hastings, East Sussex,		w/o
8 August 1940	P3545	145 Sqn RAF	1	English Channel south of St.Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight		w/o
20 August 1940	P2976	242 (All Canadian) Sqn RAF	1	the North Sea, off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England		w/o
27 August 1940	N2336	213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF	1	English Channel off Sidmouth , Devon, England		w/o
30 August 1940	P3179	43 Sqn RAF	1	Woodhouse Road, Hove, East Sussex, England		w/o
8 September 1940	P3201	46 (Uganda) Sqn RAF	1	Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, England		w/o
20 November 1940	P2617	1 (Canadian) Sqn RAF	0	near Saltcoats Town, Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland		sub
Gear-up landing
5 August 1941	P2617	9 FTS RAF	0	RAF Babdown Farm, Tetbury, Gloucestershire,		sub
24 September 1941	P2617	9 FTS RAF	0	1 mile south of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.		sub
1 January 1970	-	Soviet Air Force		Russia		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Feb-2021 18:58	Peter Clarke	Added
01-Feb-2021 21:10	Castle	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]