ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229485
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3324 |
| MSN: | DZ-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
| RAF North Weald, Essex |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3324 (DZ-P) 151 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Northern France. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/934): "Hurricane P3324 lost in air operations over Cherbourg, France, 18 June 1940. Sergeant M R Aslin: report of death"
German bombers were intercepted over Cherbourg as 151 Squadron attacked shipping. There were three Heinkel 111s operating and in the fight which followed, one of the Heinkels was seen to have its engines on fire, and another disappeared with its undercarriage down and presumably severely damaged. P/O Wright bailed out and a Destroyer steamed to the spot where he was seen to go down. Sgt Aslin was reported missing from the patrol. His body was later washed ashore at Westende, on the Belgian coast
Crew of Hurricane P3324:
Sergeant (Pilot) Maurice Robert Aslin, RAF 516375, age 27, killed in action 18/06/1940, buried at Westende Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/934: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502566
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2253120/aslin,-maurice-robert/
4. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crash-wvl-zz10.php
5. https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-flt-sgt-aslin-hurricane-p3324/
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/151_squadron.html#1806
7. https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/westende-communal-cemetery.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg-Octeville
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1940 | P3316 | 151 Sqn RAF | 1 | 400 yards south of RAF North Weald, Essex, England |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Sep-2019 18:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Oct-2019 09:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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