ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228831
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| Date: | Saturday 1 June 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2658 |
| MSN: | DX-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dunkerque, Pas de Calais, Haut de France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Kent |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I N2658 (DX-E): Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) for a combat air patrol over Dunkirk, France. Pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (file AIR 81/760): "Hurricane N2658 failed to return from air operations over Dunkirk, France, 1 June 1940.Pilot Officer A L Treanor: missing, presumed dead"
Crew of Hurricane N6258:
Pilot Officer Alan Lancelot Treanor, RAF 41965, age 19, posted 01/06/1940, as missing in action, presumed killed.
As no trace of Hurricane N2658 or its pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/760: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502369
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808998/treanor,-alan-lancelot/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/245_squadron.html#0106
5. http://www.dungannonwardead.com/person.asp?casualtyid=837
6. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/down-high-school-ww2.55831/#post-650572
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2019 18:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Sep-2019 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2019 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 10:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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