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Date: | Sunday 6 September 1942 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 287 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L6955 |
MSN: | 6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Little Whiligh Farm, 1.5 miles South East of Wadhurst, Kent -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Croydon, Croydon, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 L6955, 287 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6 September 1942 when crashed at Little Whiligh Farm, 1.5 miles South East of Wadhurst, Kent. According to the file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/17662 - see link #2): "Flight Sergeant T L Taylor: injured; Defiant L6955, 287 Squadron, aircraft accident, Little Whiligh, Kent, 6 September 1942". The cause of the accident is suspected to have been engine failure.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1979 p.48)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/17662:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17685252 3. 287 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/5/1941 to 30/6/1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504264 4.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L6955 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._287_Squadron_RAF 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6201-Ticehurst-Defiant-6-9-42&p=35406#post35406 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Feb-2008 02:03 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Nov-2011 05:42 |
rvargast17 |
Updated [Operator] |
22-Apr-2015 20:04 |
King T. |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
01-Jul-2022 20:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
02-Jul-2022 08:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |