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This section of the website is dedicated to those aircrew who did not use ejection seats to egress from their aircraft. They used conventional bail outs using parachute and ripcord. Most were successful, for some the outcome was fatal. The performance dynamics of their aircraft made successful escape without mechanical assistance less certain. Assisted escape systems were needed to give the maximum chance of survival.

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1940

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Bail-Outs for
1940
Bail-Outs for 1940 part II
Bail-Outs for 1940 part III
Bail-Outs for 1940 part IV

Ejections for 1940

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Date	crew who bailed out	position	notes	status	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	mission	cause	crashed
26th March 1940	F/O E J Kam	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1766	73 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109 of IIZ/JG53	near Saarlautern
2nd April 1940	P/O C D Palmer	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2326	1 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by W Molders, fII/JG53
23rd April 1940	Sgt C N S Campbell	pilot		wounded Escaped across back border	RAF	Hurricane I		73 Sqn	Patrol	Wounded during combat with Me 109s of JG53	Landed in Luxembourg
26th April 1940	P/O M A Craig‑Adams	pilot		OK	RAF	Gladiator II	N5633	263 Sqn	Patrol	Engine trouble
The Battle of France begins
Friday 10th May 1940
Friday 10th May 1940 04:10	Fw Ernst Schade	pilot		POW	Luftwaffe	Ju.88		8/LG1		shot down by F/O Ken Blair	near Mons
	Gfr Heinrich Maibom	gunner		POW
	?????			POW
Friday 10th May 1940 05:00	Ofw Kurt Bucholtz	pilot	all other crew died in crash	POW	Luftwaffe	He.111H		7/KG1		shot down by F/O Jim Brazin	north of Douai
Friday 10th May 1940 09:15	name unknown	crew member	Possibly flown by Uffz Karl Schiwek - one crew member baled out	OK	Luftwaffe	Dornier DO17Z		4/GK2		shot down by F/O Harold "Ginger" Paul	Rouvres
Friday 10th May 1940 09:15	fate of other crew not known				Luftwaffe	Dornier DO17Z		4/GK2		shot down by F/O Harold "Ginger" Paul	Rouvres
Friday 10th May 1940 09:15	name unknown	pilot	reached German territory then baled out	OK	Luftwaffe	Me.Bf 109				damaged during engagement with Belgian Gladiators	St. Trond-Tongeren
Friday 10th May 1940	Uffz Herman Heintze	pilot		POW	Luftwaffe	He.111H		9/KG1		shot down	Albert
	name unknown	??		POW
	name unknown	??		POW
	name unknown	???	died in crash
Friday 10th May 1940 14:30	F/O R Lawrie Lorimer	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1689	1 Sqn	Patrol	hit by return fire from a He 111 of KG53	near Châlons-sur-Marne
Friday 10th May 1940 14:30	F/Lt J Sample	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2615	607 Sqn	Patrol	during attack on seven He 111s of KGl over Albert.
Friday 10th May 1940	Uffz Karl Reinhard	pilot		POW	Luftwaffe	He.111H		8/KG54		shot down	near Ghent
	name unknown	??		POW
	name unknown	??
	name unknown	???
Friday 10th May 1940 18:20	unknown	nk		OK	Luftwaffe	He.111P		8staffel		shot down by P/O Frank Carey with F/O Dickie Ball 3 Sqn
Friday 10th May 1940 18:20	fate of other crew not known				Luftwaffe	He.111P		8staffel		shot down by P/O Frank Carey with F/O Dickie Ball 3 Sqn
Friday 10th May 1940 19:30	Uffz Walter Zenner	pilot		POW	Luftwaffe	He.111H		9/KG1		shot down	Albert
Friday 10th May 1940 19:30	all other crew		died in crash		Luftwaffe	He.111H		9/KG1		shot down	Albert
Friday 10th May 1940 20:50	unknown	nk		OK	Luftwaffe	He.111		LG1 or KG27		shot down by F/O Pat 'Woody' Woods-Scawen	5 miles NW of St. Amand
Friday 10th May 1940 20:50	fate of other crew not known				Luftwaffe	He.111		LG1 or KG27		shot down by F/O Pat 'Woody' Woods-Scawen	5 miles NW of St. Amand
11th May 1940	P/O O P DeL Hulton‑Harrop	pilot		PoW	RAF	Hurricane I	N2407	17 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by Me 109 of JG51
Friday 10th May 1940 21:00	F/O Dickie Ball			OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2333	3 Sqn		unable to find aerodrome	St. Maragret's Bay. near Dover RDF Station
Saturday 11th May 1940

11th May 1940 1915 hrs	F/O P H M Richey	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1685	1 Sqn	Patrol.	Shot down by Me-110
11th May 1940	F/Lt R Edwards	pilot		burn injuries	RAF	Hurricane I	L2068	79 Sqn	Patrol	attack on He-III north west of Mons
11th May 1940	F/Lt R H A Lee	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2388 'VY‑R'	85 Sqn	Patrol	encounter with Do 17	near Maastricht
12th May 1940	F/O R Lewis	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1688	1 Sqn	Escort	combat with Me 109s of JG27	near Maastricht
12th May 1940	P/O T C Parker	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L2065	79 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Do 17 of KG77
12th May 1940	Sgt F V Howell	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1632	87 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109 of JG27	near Maastricht.
12th May 1940	F/O W E Gore	pilot		Injured	RAF	Hurricane I	P2572 AF‑B'	607 Sqn		after combat with He 111 of 4/LGl.
13th May 1940	F/O B Drake	pilot		Injured	RAF	Hurricane I	'P'	1 Sqn		combat with Me-110
13th May 1940	S/Ldr J O W Oliver	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2821	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109 of JG3	over Belgium.
14th May 1940	F/Lt P P Hanks	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2380'S'	1 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 110s of ZG26	over Sedan
14th May 1940	P/O C G StD Jeffries	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1908	3 Sqn		combat with Me-110s	near Sedan
14th May 1940	P/O J E R Wood	pilot		Injured	RAF	Hurricane I	N2490	79 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Ju 88	north of Leuze
14th May 1940	P/O Christopher Charles Dolben Mackworth	pilot	Parachute caught fire	killed	RAF	Hurricane I	L1834	87 Sqn		Patrol. Combat with Me-110s	Belgium
14th May 1940	F/O M E A Royce	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1950	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110s	near Louvignies
15th May 1940	F/O P H M Richey	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1943	1 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 110s of ZG26	near St Hilaire‑le‑Grand
15th May 1940	F/O N Orton	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2579	73 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110s
15th May 1940	Sgt L J Humphries	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1693	73 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110s
15th May 1940	F/O D H Allen	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2828	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110s	east of Ath
15th May 1940	P/O J H Ashton	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1775	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110	south of Ath
15th May 1940	F/O H N Fowler	pilot		POW	RAF	Hurricane I	P2622	615 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s of JG53	in the Dinant‑Ardennes area
15th May 1940	P/O D J Looker	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2554	615 Sqn	Patrol	hit by ground fire	near Waterloon
16th May 1940	Sgt L A Crozier	pilot		killed	RAF	Hurricane I	N2389	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s
16th May 1940	P/O T C Jackson	pilot		POW	RAF	Hurricane I	N2338 7	615 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by Me 109s	near Tirlemont
16th May 1940	P/O B B Young	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2577	615 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by Me 109s	near Brussels
17th May 1940 0900 hours	F/O C D Palmer	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2820	1 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-110s	near Reims
17th May 1940	F/O D A E Jones	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1609	3 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Do 17 of KG76	near Merville
17th May 1940	F/O A P Lines	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2822	17 Sqn		combat with Me 109s of JG26
17th May 1940	F/O R Herrick	pilot		POW	RAF	Hurricane I	L2140	79 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by Me 109 of JG52
17th May 1940	Flying Offr. Patrick Philip 'Woody' Woods-Scawen	pilot	See also 19th May 1940 1st September 1940	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2319	85 Sqn		combat with Me 109s of JG3
18th May 1940	F/O W N Lepine	pilot	POW	wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	N2425	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 110s
18th May 1940 1625 hours	P/O M A Newling	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	N2600	145 Sqn	Patrol	combat with He 111	near Brussels
18th May 1940	P/O D deC C Gower	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2676	229 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s
18th May 1940	P/O M K Brown	pilot	wounded in right leg	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	N2320	242 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-l10s of ZG26
18th May 1940	F/O L E Chambers	pilot	Baled out with burns - taken prisoner next day in hospital	POW	RAF	Hurricane I	L1922	242 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-l10s
18th May 1940	P/O J D Ford	pilot	returned on 21st	OK		Hurricane I	L1600 2	253 Sqn	Patrol	combat
18th May 1940	F/Lt John Samuel Owen	pilot	killed in his parachute. Buried at Cambrai, France	Killed	RAF	Hurricane I	L1912	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s	near Mons
18th May 1940	P/O R J Renison	pilot		POW	RAF	Hurricane I	L1944	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s	near Mons
18th May 1940	Staffelkapitän Wolf-Dietrich “Fürst” Wilcke	pilot	released at the fall of France	OK POW	Luftwaffe			7./JG 53/ III./JG 53		Shot down in combat with French Hawk 75 fighters	over the Saar valley, France
19th May 1940	F/O P H M Richey	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2805	1 Sqn	Patrol	combat with He Ills of KG27	near Chateau‑Thierry
19th May 1940	F/O J C Milner	pilot		POW	RAF	Hurricane I	N2462	32 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s of JG2	near Le Cateau
19th May 1940 2nd bale out	Flying Offr. Patrick Philip 'Woody' Woods-Scawen	pilot	See also 17th May 1940 1st September 1940	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2547	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s	SE of Lille
19th May 1940 1630 hours	S/Ldr M F Peacock	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2551	85 Sqn	Patrol	combat with He-111s KG4	near Seclin
19th May 1940	F/O J M Strickland	pilot	wounded by a French bullet	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2687	87 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109
19th May 1940	P/O H J L Dunn	pilot	slight burns	injured	RAF	Hurricane I	L1620	87 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s
19th May 1940 1000 hours	P/O J R Hardacre	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P3555	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s	east of Lille
19th May 1940	S/Ldr J H Hill	pilot	assaulted by French civilians	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P3551	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s
19th May 1940	Sgt M V Mapletoft	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	N2355	504 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s of JG2
19th May 1940	S/Ldr G M Fidler	pilot		Killed	RAF	Hurricane I	P3535'P'	607 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s of LG2
19th May 1940	F/O R D Pexton	pilot		Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	N2331	615 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s	north of Cambrai
20th May 1940 0600 hours	F/O G R Branch	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2699'D'	601 Sqn		combat with Do 17	near Izel
22nd May 1940	Sgt B E P Whall	pilot		OK	RAF	Gladiator II	N5719	263 Sqn	Patrol	combat with a Do-17	west of Harstad
22nd May 1940	F/O G W B Austin		a/c set on fire, pilot hit in left leg. Evacuated via Dunkirk and hospitalised	Wounded	RAF						near Vermelles
23rd May 1940	Sgt G L Nowell	pilot	evacuated via Calais see 25th May 1940 is this an error	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P3550	32 Sqn	Patrol	Shot down by Me 109s,	near Arras, northern France
23rd May 1940	P/O J Benzie	pilot	evacuated via Dunkirk	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P2550	242 Sqn	Escort	shot down by Me 109	near Ypres N France
23rd May 1940	P/O J W Smiley	pilot		POW	RAF			I2 Sqn	Escort	attack by Me 109	N France
24th May 1940 after 1300	F/O H B Bell‑Syer	pilot	Pilot burned and hospitalised	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	'L	73 Sqn	Patrol Amiens	combat with Me 110	Amiens
25th May 1940	name unknown	pilot			Luftwaffe	Me 109				shot down by Colin Gray shared with Sgt. Norwell
26th May 1940	F/Lt Capel Francis Goodson Adye	pilot		killed	RAF	Hurricane I	???	17 Sqn	Patrol	shot down by Me 109
26th May 1940	P/O Peter Vincent Watson	pilot	Died 28th May 1940	died later	RAF	Spitfire I	N3237	19 Sqn		combat
26th May 1940	F/O John Hylton Welford	pilot	parachute did not have time to deploy	killed	RAF	Spitfire I	P9437	26 Sqn			France
26th May 1940	P/O J L Allen	pilot		Res	RAF	Spitfire I	N3188	54 Sqn			France
26th May 1940	P/O I J Muirhead	pilot	fired on by Belgian troops	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	Patrol	605 Sqn		Shot down by Me 110	Dunkirk area
27th May 1940	P/O M H C Maxwell	pilot	hit by Belgian AA	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P3478	56 Sqn	Patrol	pursuing He-111- friendly fire
27th May 1940	Wing Commander Basil Edward Embry	pilot		Esc	RAF	Blenheim Mk.IV		107 Sqn Wattisham		German AA while attacking column	over St. Omer area , France
	Pilot Officer Tom Whiting	(Nav)		Esc
	Cpl. Lang	(Air Gunner)	killed in aircraft	killed
28th May 1940	Sgt S L Butterfield	pilot	rescued by the paddle steamer Royal Eagle	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P2721	213 Sqn	Patrol		over the sea
29th May 1940 0305h	P/O J F Drummond	pilot	Patrol	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	L1794	46 Sqn		combat with He 111	S of Narvik
29th May 1940	F/O K E Newton	pilot	rescued by a hospital ship	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	P3303	151 Sqn			over the sea
29th May 1940	P/O R N H Courtney	pilot	rescued by a destroyer	Wounded	RAF	Hurricane I	P3321	151 Sqn			over the sea
29th May 1940	F/O W G New	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I		229 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me109s
29th May 1940	P/O A S Linney	pilot		OK	RAF	Hurricane I		229 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me 109s
29th May 1940	Sgt Evan John Jones	Air Gunner	turret was hit baled out	Killed	RAFVR	Defiant l	L6957	264 Sqn	Patrol	damaged by Me.l10	France
29th May 1940	LAC Fairbrother	Air Gunner	Pilot P/O R W Stokes crash landed the aircraft	wounded	RAF	Defiant I	L7019	264 Sqn	Patrol.	Damaged in combat	Manston
29th May 1940		pilot			RAF
29th May 1940	Sgt Peter Douglas Jenkins	pilot	presumed drowned	killed	RAFVR	Spitfire I	L1062'L'	610 Sqn	Patrol	hit by AA fire	over the sea
31st May 1940	F/O Robinson	pilot	returned by ship	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	'G'	213 Sqn	Patrol		landed on the beaches
31st May 1940	P/O V B S Verity	pilot	picked up by paddle steamer	OK	RAF	Hurricane I	Patrol	229 Sqn	Patrol	combat with Me-l10s
31st May 1940	P/O M H Young	pilot		OK	RAF	Defiant I	L6980	264 Sqn	Patrol	collision with L6961
31st May 1940	LAC Johnson	Air Gunner		OK	RAF	Defiant I	L6980	264 Sqn	Patrol	collision with L6961
31st May 1940 1st bale out	F/O G Keighley	pilot	Rescued from the sea by a trawler then transferred to Naval pinnace See also 20th July 1940	OK	RAF	Spitfire I	'E'	610 Sqn	Patrol
NOTE	##th August 1940 - Fighter Command lost ## aircraft - # successful bale-outs. Of the ## crew involved ## were killed, # were safe of whom # was slightly injured
Date	crew who bailed out	position	notes	status	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	mission	cause	crashed