ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21973
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 June 1940 |
| Time: | 00:54 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9420 |
| MSN: | 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hemswell, near Nomanton, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay |
P9420: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no. 582) First Flown 15-3-40. Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Cosford 20-3-40. Issued to 222 (Natal) Squadron 4-6-40 as ZD-K; Damaged by cannon shell on night interception crash landed near Hemswell, Lincolnshire 26-6-40. Struck Off Charge 2-7-40 as Cat.C(3).
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/996): "Spitfire P9420 crashed on force landing at Hemswell near Normanton, Lincolnshire, 26 June 1940. Pilot Officer Roy A L Morant: injured".
According to one source (First of the Few: 5 June - July 1940 By Brian Cull) Spitfire P9420 was hit by return fire from a Heinkel He.111 5J+DH of 1 Staffel/KG 4 over the mouth of the River Humber off Immingham. The Heinkel He.111 had already been "coned" by searchlights, and hit by ground AAA fire; the attack by P/O Roy Morant resulted in the death of one crew member of the Heinkel (Uffz Oaskar Hoffmann).
The "Tally Ho" (signal to attack) was given at 00:25 hrs, and Spitfire P9420 was hit by return fire at 00:54 hrs and was returning to base. The time of 00:54 hrs coincides with the time that a He 111 was seen to dive into the River Humber, although the only signs were a parachute and a patch of oil on the water.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/996: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502447
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p009.html
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1940-incident-logs#jun
5. First of the Few: 5 June - July 1940 By Brian Cull
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2012 21:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 09:28 | Angel dick one | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 03-Oct-2019 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2019 06:28 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2019 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
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