Incident Hawker Hurricane Mk I N2407,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53635
 
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Date:Saturday 11 May 1940
Time:17:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic HURI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Owner/operator:17 Sqn RAF
Registration: N2407
MSN: YB-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Type: Hurricane Mk 1
Serial number: N2407, YB-N
Take off: RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk at 15:50 hrs
Operation: Patrol Den Haag – Delft – Rotterdam
Lost: 11/05/1940
Pilot: Pilot Officer O.P. DeL Hulton-Harrop
Shot down south of Rotterdam by Me 109 of JG51 at 17.00 hrs, possibly by Lt Terry of Stab I./JG51. He bailed out near Dordrecht and was taken PoW.

Sources:

1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/17_squadron.html#1105
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
4. https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=N2407&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=220624&postcount=4

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
26-Feb-2010 09:45 penguin832 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative]
04-Jan-2012 12:36 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
30-Sep-2015 05:44 sandman56 Updated [Narrative]
23-Apr-2019 00:31 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jun-2022 01:23 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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