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Henry Leslie Niccolls

Name : Henry Leslie Niccolls Born : 1917 Service Number : 42145

Henry Niccolls was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan in 1917 and is believed to have enlisted in March 1939. He received his commission to the rank of Acting P/O on probation on 13th May 1939 and was later graded as P/O on probation on 6th November 1939. On the same date he was posted to 242 Squadron pretty much on its formation at Church Fenton. At that time 242 Squadron did not have any aircraft but over the coming weeks they took charge of a few Blenheims though these were soon exchanged for Hurricanes. All of 242 Squadron's pilot began conversion to fly the Hurricane type in January and February 1940 apart from P/O Niccolls who, it was stated in the squadron records, was sick. On 3rd March 1940 He was undertaking a night training flight in Hurricane L2002 when for unknown reasons the aircraft flew into the ground near Bolton Percy to the south of Tadcaster at 05.10hrs This flight in which he was killed was very likely to have been one of his first in the Hurricane type. His funeral took place at Kirkby Wharfe on 7th March 1940.

Known Service Details :
Squadron	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
No.242 Sqn RAF	P/O	unknown	3rd March 1940		Hurricane	L2002	Killed in Action

Known Individual Aircraft :
Type	Serial	Codes	First Flew	Squadron History	Aircrew History	History Notes	Engine	Factory
Hurricane	L2002		-	details	details	no information		Hawker Aircraft Ltd at Kingston

Aircraft for : Henry Leslie Niccolls
A list of all aircraft associated with Henry Leslie Niccolls. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Hurricane Click the name above to see prints featuring Hurricane aircraft. Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533	Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built.

Squadrons for : Henry Leslie Niccolls
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Henry Leslie Niccolls. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.242 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1964 Canadian Toujours pret - Always ready Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.242 Sqn RAF	No.242 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Last edited : 23:26, June 19, 2016
Last editor : HMS
First created : 23:26, June 19, 2016
Created by : HMS

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