ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90165
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| Date: | Monday 20 May 1940 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 26 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4773 |
| MSN: | RM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beach near Calais, Pas de Calais, Nord Department -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lympne, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) |
Westland Lysander Mk.II L4773 (RM-B) 26 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a Reconnaissance sortie over enemy territory on 20 May 1940. Took off from RAF Lympne, Ashford, Kent. Forced-landed on beach during evening reconnaissance sortie over Calais, 19.00 hrs. Both crew survived. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/590): "Lysander L4773 crashed at Abbeville, France, 27 May 1940. Temporary Warrant Officer R. Erskine and Flight Lieutenant E D Pennington: prisoners of war"
Crew of Lysander L4773:
Pilot Officer (RAF 42146) Elvin Darley Pennington (pilot) RAF; survived, captured, taken as a POW. Interned in PoW Camp Stalag Luft 3, as POW no.33109; reported as POW in The Times Saturday, 06/07/1940. He survived the war.
R.B. Erskine (RAF 581506, Wireless Op./Air Gunner)' survived, captured, taken as a PoW Camp. Interned in PoW Camp Stalag Luft 6, as POW no. 20264; reported as missing in 1940.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1978 p 30)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/590: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502228
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/26_squadron.html#2005
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5239
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=12598
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1424-P-O-Pennington-26-sqdn-POW-20-05-1940
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1423-LAC-Erskine-26-Sqdn-POW-20-05-1940
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 1940 | L4761 | 26 Sqn RAF | 2 | Steenkerke, S of Veurne, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2011 14:18 | ThW | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:54 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2019 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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