Hurricane I 504 Squadron France

[kaki3152]

Another E-Bay Find. A crash landed Hurricane I (TM-I, P2637) being examined by Wehrmacht troops. Can anyone provide more details?

Below is a link that shows this Hurricane as part of 504 SQ.


http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Page...al%20Units.htm

[Martin Gleeson]

Carlos,

Another great find. AFAIK the first of this aircraft to show the serial. I have seen another view taken from the other side with a wood in the background but the serial is unreadable.
The 'obvious' loss - but nothing is obvious when dealing with BoF losses ! - is the unidentified 504 Squadron Hurricane lost on 20 May 1940. It was piloted by P/O B.E.G. White who was wounded when he had to crash-land after being damaged by ground fire. See 'THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE, THEN AND NOW' by Peter Cornwell.
There should be an AIR 81 casualty file for this loss but maybe I missed it on the AIR 81 index.
The Air-Britain 'P1000-R9999' lists only 504 Squadron and 'No Further Trace ' for its fate. The detailed 504 Squadron F.541 for April 1940 does not show P2637 with them for that month. Unfortunately there is no F.541 for May 1940 and I did not check June.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

a photo of the other side is here

http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Hurricane...ce-1940-01.jpg

If it helps, It is an early P**** serialed aircraft, 1st Gloster production batch,
http://www.k5083.mistral.co.uk/APS.HTM
fitted with a Hurricane type De Havilland propeller
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/i...dellers-guide/

and pole aerial.
Metal wings.

Questions about this were asked on Britmodeller as well.
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/i...e-losses-1940/

[Alex Smart]

Hello Carlos and Martin,

Or wabout P/O Hardacre on 15th May 40, force landed St. Simon le Clastres ?(not sure re spelling).

Here are known 504 losses for 1940

Ref: FCL Vol 1 revised

Alex

30-4-40
L1947
14-5-40
L1941
L1639
L1916
L1950
N2492
15-5-40
Hardacre
18-5-40
L1912
L1944
19-5-40
P3555
P3551
N2355
20-5-40
P3586
P2671
White
7-9-40
L1615
11-9-40
P3770
15-9-40
N2481
N2705
N2725
29-9-40
L1913
30-9-40
P3414
P3021

[kaki3152]

Thanks to all for the great info. That's why I love looking through E-Bay.

[Faenor]

Hi, its possible post the photo from the 1st topic?

Thanks Faenor

[kaki3152]

Sure, I deleted it because I was running out of file space

[Faenor]

Originally Posted by kaki3152

Sure, I deleted it because I was running out of file space

Faenor