ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89107
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2120 |
| MSN: | UP-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Simencourt, SE of Arras, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L2120 (UP-Y) 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost in a combat air patrol over Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Shot down by He111, pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/520): "Hurricane L2120 crashed at Simencourt, France, 22 May 1940. Flying Officer G F M Wright - report of death"
Flying Officer (Pilot) Gilbert Francis Moncreiff Wright, RAF (AAF) 90265, age 36, killed in action 22/05/1940, buried at Berneville Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
The reported crash location of Simencourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France at approximate Coordinates: 50°15′32″N 2°38′38″E.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 15)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/520: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502141
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2278780/wright,-gilbert-francis-moncreiff/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/605_squadron.html#2205
5. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7314
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simencourt .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2011 13:44 | ThW | Added |
| 18-Jan-2011 02:25 | penguin832 | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 11-Mar-2016 15:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2019 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2019 22:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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