Accident Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 N2670, Saturday 20 July 1940
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Date:Saturday 20 July 1940
Time:18:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic HURI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Owner/operator:32 Sqn RAF
Registration: N2670
MSN: -
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Foreland, off Ramsgate, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Biggin Hill, (EGKB) Greater London
Destination airport:RAF Biggin Hill, Greater London
Narrative:
32 Sqn. Royal Air Force, Hawker Hurricane N2670, from RAF Biggin Hill, was shot down off Ramsgate, Kent, during combat with a JG 51, Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by by Oberleutnant. Josef Priller. The pilot Sub-Lieutenant, Geoffrey Gordon Robson Bulmer, FAA Royal Navy (attached to the RAF), baled out and was drowned at sea.

Sources:

1. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
2. Fall of France, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
3. Battle of Britain London Monument - Sub/Lt.(FAA) G G R Bulmer (bbm.org.uk)
4. Royal Navy Casualties, killed and died, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
5. Josef Priller - Wikipedia JG 51 Bf 109.
6. National Archives Kew 32 Sqdn ORB AIR27/360/22 page 14

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Jan-2021 18:26 Peter Clarke Added
11-Jan-2021 20:40 Castle Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator]
18-Dec-2023 14:41 Redwine163 Updated [Time, Source]

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