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Date: | Friday 31 May 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Ia |
Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K9813 |
MSN: | 24 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:K9813: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no 24). Delivered to 66 Squadron 8-11-38 Transferred to 41 Squadron 1-6-39, and then to 64 Squadron 11-8-39 as "SH-L". Written off (destroyed) in Combat with Bf 110s over Dunkirk 31-5-40. Pilot Flight Sgt Hatch bailed out, became POW, died later of injuries.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the accident (File AIR 81/707): "Spitfire K9813 in air operations over Dunkirk, France, 31 May 1940. Sergeant G H Hatch: report of death from injuries"
Crew of Spitfire K9813:
Flight Sergeant (Pilot) George H. Hatch, RAF 510966 - bailed out, survived, but injured. Died of injuries sustained on 29-09-40 at Enghien Hospital in Belgium while still in captivity. Buried at Enghein Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 79
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/707:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502484 3.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2254377/hatch,-george-h./ 4. Air Battle for Dunkirk: 26 May - 3 June 1940 By Norman Franks
5.
https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-hatch-spitfire-i-k9813-sh/ 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10222.php 7. Photo of wreckage:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/42645-any-luftwaffe-experts-out-there?t=41624
History of this aircraft
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28 May 1940 |
K9804 |
616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
0 |
Dunkerque Beach, Dunkerque, Pas de Calais |
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w/o |
Bounced on landing |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Sep-2019 22:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
02-Sep-2019 08:44 |
stehlík49 |
Updated [Operator] |