Date:	Wednesday 5 June 1940
Time:	12:10 LT
Type:	Westland Lysander Mk II
Owner/operator:	26 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N1211
MSN:	RM-L
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ercourt, 13 km SW of Abbeville, Somme, Hauts de France -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hawkinge
Destination airport:	RAF Lympne, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK)

Narrative:
WEstland Lysander Mk.II N1211 (RM-L) 26 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) for combat operations over France. Both crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/783): "Lysander NR1211 crashed in the vicinity of Ercourt, France, 5 June 1940. Temporary Sergeant R D K Cochrane and Pilot Officer D G Fevez: report of deaths"

Squadron ORB has this flight as an entry on 4th June 1940.

Took off from RAF Lympne, Kent for a Tactical Reconnaissance operation. Shot down by Hptman Müller (Staffelkapitän) of 4./JG3 south-west of Abbeville and crashed near Ercourt, 13 km south west of Abbeville. Both crew killed

Crew of Lysander N1211:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) David Gronow Fevez, RAF 42746, age 21, killed in action 05/06/1940
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Robert Donald Keiller Cochrane, RAFVR 903064, age 27, killed in action 05/06/1940

Both crew fatalities were buried at Ercourt Churchyard, Somme, France. The reported crash location of Ercourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France, 13 km (10 miles) south west of Abbeville, at approximate Coordinates: 50°02′36″N 1°43′21″E

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/783:
3. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952921/fevez,-david-gronow/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952920/cochrane,-robert-donald-keiler/
6. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4507
7. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/26_squadron.html#2102
8. https://www.ww2cemeteries.com/ercourt-churchyard.html
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/04533.php
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercourt
11. National Archives Kew; 26 Squadron ORB Record of Events AIR27/317/8 page 4

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Feb-2011 14:27	ThW	Added
10-Jul-2015 19:32	DB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
29-Sep-2015 07:59	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
09-Sep-2019 23:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Sep-2019 20:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
12-Sep-2023 05:46	Redwine163	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]
15-Dec-2023 10:00	Anon.	Updated [Date]