Date:	Thursday 8 August 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Owner/operator:	145 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P3545
MSN:	-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	English Channel south of St.Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Westhampnett, Goodwood, West Sussex, England.
Destination airport:	RAF Westhampnett, West Sussex, England.

Narrative:
Hurricane P3545, operating from RAF Westhampnett, Goodwood, West Sussex, was shot down into the English Channel south of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, during the Battle of Britain. 8.8.1940
Crew:
Sub-Lieutenant, Francis Alan Smith (Royal Navy pilot, attached to the RAF) was lost with the aircraft.

He has no known grave and is remembered on the Fleet Air Arm Memorial at Lee-on-Solent.

1. Hurricane - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory (worldnavalships.com)
2. Battle of Britain London Monument - Sub/Lt. (FAA) F A SMITH (bbm.org.uk)
3. War in Mediterranean, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
4. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
5. https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/SmithFA.htm

Battle in the Skies over the Isle of Wight
HJT Leal
Isle of Wight County Press. 1988.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Feb-2010 23:54	John Baker	Added
04-Jan-2012 13:03	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ]
01-Feb-2021 16:34	Peter Clarke	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Feb-2021 17:15	Castle	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
05-Oct-2024 09:15	MMR	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]