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Re: Captured Hurricane GZ-X N2533
11 June 1940 32 Squadron, Manston Hurricane N2533. Damaged by return fire from Hs126 during wing patrol over Dieppe and forced-landed near Montreuil 2.00 p.m. Sergeant Eric Jones unhurt. Aircraft GZ*X a write-off.
Jones landed in the middle of an advancing German spearhead but managed to evade immediate capture, obtained civilian clothes, and joined a party of refugees heading for Arras. After a series of narrow escapes he eventually reached Carteret where he commandeered a small boat and sailed to the Channel Island of Alderney only to find it in enemy hands. He was finally captured there on 7 July.
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