In this video I show you the crater caused by a Spirfire that crashed into a field in Normandy; shot down by German antiaircraft fire. Sergeant Raymond Frederick Charles Dean was killed in the crash and is buried nearby.

Sgt Dean was a newcomer to his squadron, "The City of Gloucester Squadron" and, at 9:40 on the morning of November 17, 1941, he set off from his base at Ibsley in Hampshire, in the company of Officer Stansbury. They were both flying Spitfires and set off on their usual reconnaissance flight over Normandy as part of Operation RHUBARB.
Sergeant Dean's Spitfires bore the no. ADI29. After approaching the French coast the two planes fired on what they thought was a distillery , an electrical transformer and German soldiers. When they decided to return Officer Stansbury saw Sgt Dean enter a rain cloud and completely lost sight of him, He circled around and tried to contact him without success.

Officer Stansbury returned to RAF lbsley in the late morning (11:07) and announced that Sgt Dean was missing.

Sgt Dean had been shot down over Normandy by a German AntAircraft Battery and he crashed in a field near Brevands. He is buried nearby.

SPITFIRE SHOT DOWN! | Exploring A Crash Site In Normandy | RAF WW2
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