ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341893
Date: | Thursday 23 May 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-227B |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | OO-AUI |
MSN: | 2094 |
Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Arques -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Merville Airport (HZB/LFQT) |
Destination airport: | London (unknown airport) |
Narrative:Hit by anti-aircraft fire over Calais and part of the left wing was torn off. The pilot (Sgt Raymond Chartier) made a forced landing near Arques, killing the navigator (Capt John M.H. Hoare) and injuring two passengers. The two other crew members (Plt Off Benson Freeman, engineer Pier Vrebos) and the passengers were taken POW.
Sources:
Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum: WW2 Sabena-planes shot down May 1940 in France Revision history:
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