Incident Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I L6963,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1427
 
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Date:Friday 16 July 1943
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:4 FPP ATA
Registration: L6963
MSN: 14
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:RAF Farnborough, Hampshire
Destination airport:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant L6963, 4 FPP ATA (4 Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport, Auxiliary): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16 July 1943. Tailwheel hit hedge on landing at RAF Duxford Cambridgeshire, and aircraft crashed.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Feb-2008 02:39 JINX Added
25-Apr-2015 06:50 Don Diego Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
19-Nov-2018 20:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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