The pilots were F/L Townsend, F/O ‘Tiger’ Folkes and Sgt. The first enemy aircraft to crash on English soil during World War II fell victim to fighters from Acklington on 3 February 1940 when three Hurricanes of ‘B’ flight, 43 Squadron, shot down a Heinkel 111 of 4./ KG26 near Whitby.
He was stationed at RAF Tangmere in 1937 and was a member of No. He served in Training Command, and as a flying instructor at RAF Montrose. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1933, and trained at Cranwell. 85 Squadron RAF exits his Hawker Hurricane at RAF Castle Camps, July 1940
Peter Townsend was born 1914 in Rangoon, Burma, and was educated at Haileybury School.
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