At the date of 13-05-1940, time: 0650, the aircraft type Defiant has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Oosterhout (Oosteind-Rijnsdijk).
Departed from Martlesham Heath at 5:30 for Recc between IJmuiden - The Hague.
First contact with JU-87 (later assisted by 12 ME-109 of JG-26) near Alblasserdam. Every Defiant in this patrol was shot down.
SGLO:
| Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | | 13 May 40 | Patrol | Den Haag |
| | Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Call Sign | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield | | Boulton Paul | Defiant | I | L6969 | PS-T | 264 Sqdn | RAF | | Martlesham Heath |
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| | Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province | | 0650 | Shot down by fighters of 5./JG 26 | Crash landed at Donge Over Geertuidenberg | | Noord-Brabant |
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| | Source | Mag / Page | Additional sources | | Verliesregister 1939-1945 SGLO | 30 | Archive H. Welting for airfield, operation, target and crew data |
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| Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Hon | Mil reg | Air Force | Cemetery | Grave | Remark |
| Pilot | F/Lt. | G.F.A. | Skelton | | 29147 | RAF | Survived | | pow | | Air gunner | P/O. | J.E. | Hatfield | | 40474 | RAF | Survived | | evader |
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Photo: G.Zijlstra
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