HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello!
We are looking for:
Hanson R., Sgt (pilot), Hurricane MkI, crashed at TOURNAI (Doornik), Belgium,on May 19,1940. KIA.
Who knows the SQDN number ?
Thanks i.adv.!
Fredcompa

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Are you sure about the pilot name and date?

Neither Brian Cull's Twelve Days In May, nor Norman Frank's Fighter Command Losses, both pretty complete, list this name on that date

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

There is no R Hanson listed as a casualty on the CWGC site for 1940

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hi

Is it possibly that he survived, and therefor do not appear in CWGC database.

Cheers
Nick

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hi,

O the 19th May 40

N2430 was abandoned , she was a 56 Sqdn a/c.

Could he have been her pilot ?

Alex

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hi again,

From Men of the BoB.

David Harry Wellsted Hanson, 17 Sqdn, he flew at Dunkirk so possibly him.
He bailed out at 100 feet and was killed on 3rd Sept from Hurricane P3539, which crashed at Blockhouse Farm, Foulness. He is buried in All Saints churchyard, Mappleton, Yorkshire .

This is the only Hanson listed in this book.

Alex

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hi again,

From the London Gaette arcives I found -
Meteorological Branch
P/O (prob) W. R. Hanson (73803)
to be F/O on prob (war subs) 1st Oct 42.
Thenlater issue
F/Lt 1st August 1944.

Could this be your man ?
If he was a Sgt pilot in May 40 to P/O in 41 to F/O in 42 .

Alex

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello to all

Tthe F/O Hanson David Harry Wellstead (KIA) was killed the 3/9/1944 at Foulness (Brickhouse farm) on Hurricane Mk I R-4174 17Sqn
He bailed out but strangely his airplane was still repairable after the crash
As far as I know the P-3539 NN-G made a crash landing the 8/2/1941 near East Dareham
Sgt Furst Bohumir (RTD) (CZ)
Maybe the pilot of the 19th May was the F/Lt Anderson Harry Thomas James (KIA)39021 253Sqn L-1674 shot down by a Bf-109 of the JG 3 at 10:30 in the area of Lille Tournais
Anderson !!Hanson that ‘s very similar !

Regards
Phil

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello
The N-2430 was destroyed on the airfield Vitry-le-Francois by RAF personal F/Sgt Higginson & Sgt Whitehead when living the place in retreat , he was either US-P or US-C (also destroyed)
Phil

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hi,

Agree N2430, 19/5/40 .
Book "Men of the BoB" has P3539 as the Hurricane he was flying on the day he was killed.

And, Air Brit P1000 - R9999 has her as Engine cut: overturned in forced landing near Eglin, Moray, 25/4/41; cv to Mk.II DG634 during repair.

What is your reference for R4174 please ?

Thanks

alex

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Good evening everybody!
I would like to thank everyone who tried to help!
As I posted the question for my friend, I have to translate all your answers first for him, so pls don't be angry if my replay is not directly ...and takes a few days maybe...
In anyway, it's fine to receive such a lot of help!Tahnk you friends,
Fredcompa

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

It was the 3/9/1940 of course, sorry for the typo
The battle of Britain Society said that he was flying P-3673
http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/pilots/Ha-pilots.htm#HansonDHW

But also for Fopp
http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/pilots/Fa-pilots.htm#FoppD

Unfortunately I don’t remember where I found R-4174 but it deserve to be checked

Phil

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello everyone!
Thanks to all of you, I posed this question for a friend of mine who's writing a book, but the communication between us failed (2006...!),
I'm so sorry, but better late than never...;
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU !
Fredcompa

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello to everyone!
Thanks for your help: Hanson is registred
in the KLM-MRA Brussels, as a member of the 17thSqd.Crashed in Tournai(B) on May 19,1940.
For your information...
Thanks,
Fredcompa

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Following the computerrecords of the KLM-MRA museum archives in Brussels, Hanson belonged to the 17th Sqd (RAF) and crashed at Tournai on May 19th 1940...
Fredcompa

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Hello Fred

Forget about these files!! Mostly wrong .

Phil

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

No name supplied, date and area are the same www.luftwaffe.cz/schopfel.html Entry# 1 Kind regards Ross

Re: HANSON r;, Sgt(pilot) May 19,1940, Hurricane
 

Thanks to all for your help, up to now we found no more informatin ...
Fredcompa