Date: 27th August 1940
Time: 01.00 a.m.
Unit: No.1 Squadron R.A.F. (Northolt)
Type: Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Serial: P3897
Code: JX-
Location: In small wood (Monkton Fir Plantation) at Speen, Buckinghamshire.
Pilot: Pilot Officer Charles Arthur Copeland Chetham 82946 Baled out safely
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was held by searchlights and pilot lost control.
The abandoned aircraft dived into a small wood and was totally destroyed.
P/O Chetham baled out unhurt and landed at Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
Pilot Officer Chetham with Hurricane at Northolt
With thanks to the following: The superb work of the C.W.G.C. "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks.
