30 Incidents/Accidents Spitfire/Hurricane & Others Mostly Summer 1940

[paulmcmillan]

29/7 Our A.73 29/7, 43 Sqn, P/O K.C. Campbell 0830 hours. This Signal A.74 sent from Lympne.

Could this be Hurricane I L1955 of 43 Sqn which crash landed at
Brabourne Lees, near Ashford, Kent on this date P/O Kenneth Charles Campbell #79155 who was killed as a result

[paulmcmillan]

14 Feb 1940 Merlin II engine 1935/118143 of 151 Sqn North Weald, failed after take off.

It looks like details of this are (including pilot and Aircraft) can be found in 151 Sqn ORB

[Martin Gleeson]

Paul,

The 151 Squadron Hurricane on 14 February 1940 was L1798, subsequently repaired. The pilot was 565476 Sgt. George Atkinson who was unhurt.

For the two Hurricanes on the list preceding the above I can find nothing in the respective ORBs. Nor are there F.1180s for either. While damage may have occurred in one or both cases, it is also possible one or both were able to be landed safely wheels down at an airfield or open space. These two will be very difficult to find further details on without a specific logbook entry methinks.

Regards,

Martin.

[Observer1940]

Hello Martin, Paul and All

Thought there might be a few in those TNA, Kew, files, where no accident card or other record exists. I expect some may also contain a little more info, than those recorded in the ORB.

Mark