Date:	Saturday 25 May 1940
Time:	19:12
Type:	Avro 652A Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:	500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF
Registration:	N9731
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 24 km off Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Detling, Kent, England
Destination airport:	RAF Detling, Kent, England

Narrative:
No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAuxAF, Coastal Command, Avro Anson Mk 1 N9731 "MK-U", was shot down, off the Dutch Coast, by German motor torpedo boats it was dive bombing. The aircraft was ditched, en route for home, in the English Channel 15 miles off the island of Texel, Netherlands. The four crew, Pilot Officer, Alfred John Grisenthwaite; P/O, McLundie; LAC, Bowers and A/C, H. C. R. Hopwood took to their dingy and was subsequently picked up by destroyer HMS Javelin.

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Dec-2020 22:55	Peter Clarke	Added
16-Dec-2020 10:05	ABBA	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 06:31	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]