ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233069
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| Date: | Monday 27 February 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 79 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1782 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Palmstead Hill Farm, 1 mi N of Bekesbourne, Canterbury, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hurricane L1782: Written off (destroyed) 27 February 1939 when crashed one mile north of Bekesbourne, Canterbury, Kent. Pilot bailed out and survived. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald" - Saturday 04 March 1939):
"Saved by Parachute
WHEN AEROPLANE CRASHES AT BEKESBOURNE.
Pilot Officer Duce (sic), of the R.A.F., Biggin Hill, escaped by parachute when his single-seater Hawker Hurricane monoplane crashed at Bekesbourne on Monday.
The machine developed engine trouble, and it nose-dived in a field at Palmsted Hill Farm, with such force that it made a crater many feet deep and about 10ft. in diameter. Only part of the wings and tail could be seen above ground. The pilot landed safely by parachute at Littlebourne"
Note that, in the above newspaper report, the pilots name was slightly incorrect. Crew of Hurricane L1782 was:
P/O (39276) Frederick John Lawrence DUUS (Pilot) RAF- bailed out / survived
He was killed on 29 October 1942 when he crashed four miles south-west of RAF Guinea Fowl, Gwelo (now Gweru), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), an airfield which was located approximately halfway between Gweru and Shurugwi, south east of Gwelo. He was the pilot of Tiger Moth DX499 at the time
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p 12)
2. Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 4 March 1939
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15704.0
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2617220/duus,-frederick-john-lawrence/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2020 23:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2020 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2020 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2020 09:03 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2023 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]] |
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