Date:	Monday 15 December 1941
Time:	21:40 LT
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC
Owner/operator:	253 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration:	Z3465
MSN:	SW-?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hulten, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.II Z3465, (SW-) 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 15/12/41 when lost on an "intruder" mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield. Aircraft came down at Hulten.
Pilot - Flight Lt Richard Playne Stevens, DSO*, DFC & Bar (Service Number 87639) - was killed

On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Oostende in Belgium.

1. Lone Wolf: The Remarkable Story of Britain's Greatest Nightfighter Ace of the Blitz – Flt Lt Richard Playne Stevens DSO, DFC & Bar by Andy Saunders, Terry Thompson (published 2019)
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2034351/stevens,-richard-playne/
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/05265.php
4. https://www.gmtgames.com/t-NightfightingAces2.aspx
5. https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=225115
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1356A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
06-Jan-2012 09:08	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants]
28-Apr-2019 00:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Apr-2019 10:39	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
13-Apr-2020 13:11	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
05-Sep-2022 16:28	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]