ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195608
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| Date: | Monday 11 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2123 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Folkestone Golf course, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 11 March 1940 Sgt Ernest Harry Lomax of 3 Sqn RAF carried out a dummy attack on a Lysander during a training flight but was killed when his Hurricane I L2123 crashed on Folkestone Golf course, Kent. He was 28 years old and is buried in Edgware (St. Margaret) Churchyard, UK.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2155-Sgt-(Pilot)-E-H-Lomax-3-Sqdn-11-03-1940-UK&p=11112#post11112
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2430395/LOMAX,%20ERNEST%20HARRY
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/3_squadron.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkestone
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/south-east/kent-county/folkestone/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2017 17:36 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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