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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
If you mean who was the 238 Sqn pilot, it was Sqn Ldr Harold Fenton at 1340 hrs
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Chris, my uncle was never credited with this aircraft as a victory and in fact I don't believe he realized that the HE59 had been lost.
To quote from his book re the Eighth of August :
"During the scrap a few miles south of the Isle of White, Eric Turner, the 'A' Flight Commander was shot down. There was no rescue launch in the area so I went out to have a look for him - on my own, as all the others were being refuelled. I could not find any trace but, while searching, I spotted a German seaplane at sea level. I went down to attack, gave him a long burst but, being much faster, I overshot and his gunner must have got in a lucky one which cut an oil pipe. My windscreen was covered in black oil. I turned North but shortly afterwards my engine seized. Having so little height, I had to ditch rather than bail out."
So in fact it was the HE59 that shot down the Hurricane!