ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90915
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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1940 |
| Time: | 08:25 LT |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 253 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1830 |
| MSN: | GN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hammill Brickworks near Eastry, Sandwich, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
| RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1830, (GN-A) 253 Squadron, RAF Kenley. Written off (destroyed) in air to air combat at 08:25 hours; Shot down by Bf109s. Pilot - Squadron Leader Harold Morley Starr (Service Number 34181, aged 25, Commanding Officer of 253 Squadron RAF) - killed. After his plane was hit the young pilot managed to somehow bail out at 15,000 feet. But, as he floated down on his parachute, three Messerschmitts circled him and opened fire with machine guns. He died beside his crashed aircraft, at Hammill Brickworks near Eastry, Sandwich, Kent. His Hurricane L1830 came down near Grove Ferry, Canterbury, Kent
Starr is buried at Radnor Street Cemetery, Swindon. His funeral took place on September 6, two days before what would have been his 26th birthday.
Sources:
1. https://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0031.html
2. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Starr.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2710272/starr,-harold-morley/
4. http://www.haroldstarr.co.uk/
5. https://swindonian.me/2015/07/11/harold-starr-one-of-the-few/
6. https://twitter.com/slharoldstarr?lang=en
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49463382/harold-morley-starr
8. http://www.oodwooc.co.uk/web_places/swindon/ph_sw_radnorcem_01684.htm
Media:
Tomorrow morning, 77 years ago, I took to the air in my Hurricane. It was to be my final fatal flight during the Battle of Britain. pic.twitter.com/rA8AZX5EIf
— Sqn Ldr Harold Starr (@SLHaroldStarr) August 30, 2017
Harold Starr artefact rediscovered after 80 years! https://t.co/FnuZKbJlpb @swindonadver @SwindonHeritage @SwindonLocal @SwindonWeb @swindonlink @MuseumandArt pic.twitter.com/wJ7a5I8Wlh
— Sqn Ldr Harold Starr (@SLHaroldStarr) June 15, 2018
https://t.co/2IEnhWWf7r pic.twitter.com/fPsTTdUIGi
— Sqn Ldr Harold Starr (@SLHaroldStarr) August 30, 2017
My grave today. pic.twitter.com/eZ0thDxJO1
— Sqn Ldr Harold Starr (@SLHaroldStarr) August 31, 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2019 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2019 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 25-Apr-2019 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2019 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2019 09:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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