Hurricane Collision 27/9/1941

[BC]

Did someone say "Suffolk incidents" ?

On 26 (not 27 ?) September 1941 two Hurricane IIs of 607 Sqn which had moved to Martlesham Heath in August and had made their first sweep on 18 September, collided in mid-air over the village of Eastbridge. The incident occurred at 1155 hours.

Both pilots, P/O G R Lane in Z2964, and P/O A Y M McCombe in Z2681 baled out, sustaining minor injuries in the process. One of the Hurricanes crashed onto the edge of the marsh behind the "Eel's Foot" PH at Eastbridge, the other fell between Upper Abbey Farm and Ash Wood, between Eastbridge and Leiston.

The crash-site of at least one of the above has already been investigated, about 10 years ago by members of the EAARG, to whose Jeff Carless the above info should be credited. His info also states what I suspect you already know; that McCombe was killed on 6 November 1941 off the Belgian coast, and Lane going into the sea off Gravelines on 27 April 1942, the latter being a Suffolk man from Aldeburgh.

Now why would a Sussex man be interested in Hurricane crashes in Suffolk ?

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