ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228795
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| Date: | Sunday 2 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3064 |
| MSN: | 352 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fort Mardyck Beach, Dunkirk, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rochford, Southend, Essex |
N3064: Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no. 352) First Flown 6-10-39. Delivered to the RAF at 27 MU Shawbury 10-10-39. Issued to 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron 15-2-40 as "FY-B". Shot down by Bf 109s over Dunkirk 2-6-40; pilot killed. Total Flying Hours 77.30
Airborne from RAF Rochford, Southend, Essex for a combat air patrol over Dunkirk. Shot down over Dunkirk and crashed onto Fort Mardyck Beach, Dunkirk, Pas de Calais, Hauts de France. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron claimed to have shot down three Ju 87s and three Bf 109s, plus one Bf 109 as a "probable" and another damaged for the loss of two Spitfires (N3055 and N3064) and their pilots.
Crew of Spitfire N3064:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Ralph Kenyon "Ken" Crompton, RAF (AAF) 90361, age 24, killed in action 02/06/1940, buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/745): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502629
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2279143/crompton,-ralph-kenyon-(ken)/
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5416
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/611_squadron.html#0206
6. http://www.611squadronrauxaf.co.uk/history/Roll.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p002.html
8. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=66284&postcount=17
9. https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAF_officers_C01.html
10. http://www.cieldegloire.com/sq_raf_611.php
11. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/GodalmingCharthouseSchoolWW2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2019 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Sep-2019 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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