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Date: | Saturday 20 July 1940 |
Time: | 18:00 |
Type: | 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
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] |