Re: RAF fighter losses on the 14.06.40
Hello Robert,
The only RAF fighter losses I have on 14 June, 1940, are as follows:
BRITISH AIR FORCES IN FRANCE
1 SQUADRON, NANTES-CHÂTEAU BOUGON
Hurricane. Failed to return from shipping escort patrol over St-Nazaire, details not recorded. Flight Lieutenant F. Warcup baled out and captured. Aircraft a write-off.
Hurricane. Failed to return from shipping escort patrol over St Nazaire, details not recorded. Flight Lieutenant M. H. Brown baled out unhurt. Aircraft a write-off.
242 SQUADRON, LE MANS
Hurricane. Became separated and lost bearings following combat with Bf110s of 9./ZG26 over Conches 4.05 p.m. Wrecked undercarriage by hitting a ditch during forced-landing near Blain, north of Nantes. Pilot Officer N. K. Stansfeld unhurt. Aircraft a write-off.
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