ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307340
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 October 1942 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BP455 |
| MSN: | AK- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near El Daba -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG85 Egypt |
12 x 213 Sqn Hurricanes took off from LG85 at 09h20 to escort Hurricanes of 33 Sqn. Shortly after making landfall, 3 x Bf109 were reported at 14,000 feet. This aircraft was hit by the Bf109 flown by Lt. Willi Kientsch of 1/JG-27 and was last seen smoking but under control flying towards allied lines.
Pilot was J/15783 P/O William Harry Stephenson DFM (RCAF). He was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a prisonner at Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria in Germany.
Sources:
213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF wartime operational records from The National Archives
Personnel file of F/L Stephenson from DND Archives Canada micrifilms
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=15783&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=67059&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BP455
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 October 1943 | HV587 | 213 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | Over Mediterranean NNW of Pahos |  |
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