ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89148
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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2572 |
| MSN: | AF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lens-Saint-Servais, Geer, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitry-en-Artois, France |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 P2572 ("AF-B") of 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed in combat operations) over Lens-Saint-Servais, Belgium; shot down in combat with He111. Pilot: W. E. Gore, RAF (Service Number 9279) bailed out, and was captured injured - taken as a POW
Sources:
1. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
2. https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/hurricane/111433-4151553.html
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/13114948524/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1940 | N2586 | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF | 0 | 4 miles S of Usworth near the Usworth D/F station, County Durham |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 13:58 | ThW | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2013 07:09 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2015 14:20 | Quentin | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Apr-2019 20:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 20:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2022 20:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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