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Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1940 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Westland Lysander Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P1711 |
MSN: | TV-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Outer, near Aspelaere Airfield, East Flanders -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Monchy-Lagache, France |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Westland Lysander Mk.II P1711 (TV-E) 4 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15 May 1940 when crashed at Outer, near Aspelaere advanced landing ground, East Flanders, Belgium, at 11.35 hrs while on a Tactical Reconnaissance sortie. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/371): "Sergeant I G I Lewis, injured; Lysander P1711 in an accident during air operations over Belgium, 15 May 1940".
Crew of Lysander P1711:
Pilot Officer Stephen Alers Hankey RAF 40822 - believed safe
Sgt I.G.I. Lewis - sustained injuries
The crash location of Aspelare is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a part of Ninove (at approximate co ordinates: 50°51′ N, 3°57′ E). The village is located in the Dender region in Zandlemig Flanders, in the undulating landscape between the Scheldt and the Dender.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/370:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502174 3. Cynrick De Decker and Jean Louis Roba, Mei 1940 boven België. de luchtstrijd tijdens de Achttiendaagse Veldtocht, De Krijger, 1993
4. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
5.
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/westland-lysander-p1711-te-outer 6.
http://www.hambo.org/lancing/view_man.php?id=262 7.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/4_squadron.html#1405 8.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/04533.php 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninove Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jun-2011 11:51 |
ThW |
Added |
18-Jun-2011 11:56 |
ThW |
Updated [Departure airport] |
17-Jun-2013 18:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
13-Jul-2019 02:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2022 00:55 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |