ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22303
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| Date: | Friday 14 June 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L5397 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Faux-Villecerf, Aube Department, North-Central France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Villiersfaux, France |
| Faux-Villecerf, France |
Fairey Battle Mk.I L5397 (WT-L) 142 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when lost on combat operations over France. One of the three crew was injured. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/894): "Sergeant G D Y Pollock: injured; Battle L5397 lost in air operations, 14 June 1940".
Airborne from Villiersfaux, France to attack a Panzer column reported refuelling in the woods. Mounted as a joint attack on Panzer column, with 150 Squadron, in the Forêt de Gault. Shot down by Bf 109s and crash landed at Faux-Villecerf, France, with two of the three crew uninjured, and one wounded. However, aircraft too badly damaged to be repaired, and abandoned at Faux-Villecerf when the squadron evacuated back to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire the next day (15 June 1940)
The reported crash location of Faux-Villecerf is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France, at approximate Coordinates: 48°20′07″N 3°44′14″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/894: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502596
3. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 150)
4. https://www.anciens-aerodromes.com/?p=33864
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faux-Villecerf
6. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/142_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 23:15 | Anon. | Added |
| 17-Jan-2012 13:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 14-Aug-2013 21:44 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2015 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2015 16:29 | Anthony G. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2015 08:58 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2018 09:54 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Sep-2019 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2019 06:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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