Hello All,
Looking for some help with Sgt pilot John McEwan Wright 754656. Seemingly his Hurricane, N 2458, crashed in an attempted forced landing at Dunchurch near Rugby, December 27, 1940. Hurricane was of 32 Squadron. Anyone know the circumstances of the crash?
Best Wishes.
Robert Dixon.
By: northeagle - 2nd July 2006 at 18:01
Help Please With Pilot J.M. Wright
Hi Chris,
Yes it helps, thank you kindly for your help. I’ll give it a go.
Best Wishes.
Robert.
By: cdp206 - 2nd July 2006 at 14:18
Northeagle,
As you have the type, serial, unit and date you may want to try the RAF Museum’s Research Department at Hendon (http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/archive/index.cfm – the ‘Contact Us’ link is at the very top-right of the page) and enquire as to whether they have a copy of the Form 1180 for that particular Hurricane (click the fourth roundel down the list to go to that section and for info & prices. It’ll be about about 20p for a copy IIRC!).
From what is mentioned in the Air Britain serials lists, N2458 suffered engine problems, stalled, crashed in forced landing and was destroyed by fire.
Hope this helps a little.
Chris
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July 2, 2006 at 12:13 pm