Hello all,
>> List of Hurricane pilots that Bailed on the 23rd May 1940.
>> 32 Sqn Sgt. Nowell baled from P3550.
Baled out badly burned, wounded
>> 242 Sqn P/O. Benzie baled from P2550.
Baled out wounded
242 Sqn P/O. Smiley baled from P3392 became a POW.
>> 12 Days in May has:
>> 242 Sqn P2809 F/O. Graafstra
KIA
>> 242 Sqn P2730 P/O. Malone
Exploded with pilot still aboard
>> 253 Sqn N2614 P/O. Ford
Believed captured
605 Sqn L2121 F/L. Leeson
Captured, badly wounded
Sources: CWGC and
Peter D. Cornwell's The Battle of France, Then and Now (2008)
So, still nothing to support the story.
Regards,
Bart