ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305720
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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 17 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2822 |
| MSN: | YB-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Brussels. -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawking, Kent |
Hurricane P2822: Took off at 14:20 for a Operational patrol /Brussels - Vilvoorde - Brussels. 17/05/1940
The pilot destroyed a Ju87 north of Brussels at 17:00 hrs on 17th May 1940. He was then shot down by Me109s ,of 8/JG26 south of Brussels. Pilot baled out and was shot at by French troops on the way down but not hit.
He rejoined his squadron at Hawkinge.
Crew:
F/O (39742) Arthur Peter LINES (pilot) RAF : Ok
Sources:
1.Hurricane production list
2.http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/17_squadron.html
3.Norman L.R. Franks, Fighter Command Losses, Vol 1, 1939-1941
4.Fighter Command Air Combat Claims 1939-1945
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1940 | N2475 | 17 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland |  |
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