Flight of Hurricane IIb Z3470 and Pilot Officer B Hawkins on 1941-10-26
Flight of Hurricane IIb Z3470 and Pilot Officer B Hawkins on 1941-10-26
Cherbourg, France
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On 1941-10-26, Pilot B Hawkins (Pilot Officer, RAF) with an unknown servicenumber, flew a Hurricane IIb with serial Z3470 DX- for this duty: Rhubarb. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Shot down over Cherbourg. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 245. The location for the map is Cherbourg, France. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Hawkins: he is missing. There is no commemoration location known. There are several possibilities in investigating the flight records on WW2 History Europe. All the flights are plotted on maps, sorted day by day, by squadron, by type aircraft, by year or month, by location and much more! Don't miss this!!!
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hello Mark
I live just in the place where your father crashed....i found the whole story in a book written by Mickael Simon in France.
I would love to get in touch with you in order to see more pictures than there are in the book and also to know...
hello Mark
I live just in the place where your father crashed....i found the whole story in a book written by Mickael Simon in France.
I would love to get in touch with you in order to see more pictures than there are in the book and also to know the whole story of your story, during the war and after the war .
Do you know if your father came back to visit the crash site?Would you like to come yourself?
If so let me know and i would arrange such a visit with the local autorities.
You can contact me by mail:cmorio@yahoo.com or by phone +33.6.65.59.94.28
Have a nice day
Christian Morio
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This is my father, I have more information and pictures if you would like to discuss, 07767 403040, he survived the crash landing was captured and escaped then flew with 56Sq