Hurricane P2701

[markjsheppard]

Geoff,

Great find with the photo find. Never seen photos before of the same aircraft - fully coded on her starboard and incomplete on the starboard.

Not completed, painted up first thing in the early summer morning before going off on dawn patrol.

So we still have a time scale of 13-20th May. (BofFT&N) and where she might slot in.

13th May - Lille-Seclin 9.25am
Hurricane P2821 S/Ldr Oliver - Bailed out. Write off.

14th May - Nothing

15th May - Lille-Seclin 1.15pm
Hurricane P2818 F/O Allen - Bailed out. Write off.
Hurricane ? F/O Pace - crash landed and burnt out. Write off.
Hurricane L1775 P/O Ashton - Bailed out. Write off.

16th May - Lille-Seclin 2.00pm
Hurricane L1641 P/O Angus Killed . Nr Frettin. Write off.
Hurricane P2535 P/O Rawlinson Killed. Nr Quiévrain. Write off.
Hurricane N2389 Sgt Crozier. Bailed out burned. Write off.
Hurricane L1898 Sgt Allgood. Merville take off. Nr Lille crash landing. W.Off
16th May - Seclin
Hurricane P2824 P/O Clark. wounded. Write off.
Hurricane L1640 F/O Czernin. Nr Seclin. Force landed. Write off.

17th May Lille-Seclin 4.00pm
Hurricane N2319 P/O Herrick Vilvoorde/Braine-le-Comte. Captured. W/off

18th May Lille-Seclin 7.30am
Hurricane N2425 F/O Lepine. Bailed out captured. Le Cateau/Cambrai.
Hurricane P2701 F/O Allen. Missing. Write off.

19th May Merville 11.02am
Hurricane P2562 Sgt Little missing. Lille. Caugh fire. Write off.
Hurricane N2601 Sgt Deacon unhurt. Damaged on ground. Abandoned.
Hurricane P2547 P/O Woods-Scawen bailed out.Lille. Write off.
19th May Merville 5.00pm
Hurricane P2551 VYoH. S/Ldr Peacock bailed out. Unhurt. Wrote off.

20th May Merville
Hurricane ? Wreck at dispersal. Bombing raid 11.30. Write off.
Hurricane P2555 Sgt Howes . Abberville. Shot down. 1115am. Write off.
Hurricane ? S/Ldr Peacock. Arras. Pilot killed. Write off.
Hurricane ? P/O Burton killed. Querrieu. Pilot killed. 3.30 Write off.
Hurricane P3426 P/O Shrewsbury Killed. Arras 3.30pm. Write off.

Four remaining Hurricane flew home followig day.

So somewhere in here is the correct day for P2701 and possibly the pilot. This information must have come from fragmented records and log books/debriefs back in the UK?

Still not a lot to go on to help establish where P2701 was lost and which pilot. Just not enough landscape information to help bit the two photos we havare a great help. I am sure one or might surface in the future.

regards

Mark