Last Updated on July 6, Hurricane I. Forced landed with the undercarriage retracted on return from a Blenheim bomber escort mission to Les Andelys Eure. Aircraft had been hit at least once in the starboard wing by return fire from a Do 17 at approximately 7. Aircraft damaged and probably abandoned.
Sources ; 73 Sqn. Note 1. Neither this patrol nor loss were recorded in the squadron F. Note 2. Overturned on landing. Alfred Enoch Scott believed unhurt. Aircraft a write-off. Neither this patrol nor loss were recorded in the 73 Sqn. Battle I L Aircraft RH-R a write-off. The crew had taken off at 3. They were buried initially beside the wreck, but were later removed to the nearby Communal Cemetery at Perdreauville where they still rest.. Sources : 88 Sqn. Battle I.
Observer wounded, pilot unhurt. Aircraft damaged but believed repairable. No mention of this damage or sortie in the 88 Sqn. No AIR 81 casualty file for this incident. Battle I P Returned damaged by ground fire following an attack on pontoon bridges over the river Seine between Les Andelys and Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne both Eure at 1. Sergeant Bertie Basil Hall Obs. Aircraft damaged but repairable. Sources : Sqn. Aircraft Casualties File, F.
Crashed in flames in the Bois des Bouleaux, near Bouafles Eure at approximately 1. Sergeant Jack Nairn Fraser Obs. The dead members of the crew were buried beside the wreck initially. During they were moved to Bouafles Communal Cemetery. The bodies of the crew were buried initially near the wreck beside a road. Nothing in the Sqn. Two French local civilians stated c. However this seems unlikely.
Note 3. No explanation is given in the AIR 81 casualty file for Russell going in rank from a LAC to a Flight Sergeant, though the Air Ministry order of 27 May promoting all enlisted personnel flying operationally as aircrew probably has something to do with this. Or it may have been believed in some official quarters for a time after the crash that he was a POW. UK-based aircraft lost or damaged on operations over the western front:. The squadron, in conjunction with 79 Squadron, is believed to have used Manston as a forward base this day for two patrols over France before returning to Biggin Hill in the evening.
