ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1539
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N3311 |
| MSN: | 294 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moray Firth, 4 miles east of Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalcross, Inverness |
Boulton Paul Defiant N3311, 2 AGS (Air Gunnery School), RAF Dalcross, Inverness: Written off (destroyed) 28 July 1942 when Stalled & spun into Moray Firth while on gunnery exercise, 4 miles East of Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland, Both crew killed.
Crew of Defiant N3311
Sgt (P/783584) Stanislaw Olgierd Stryjecki (Pilot) PAF - killed on active service 28 July 1942
LAC (1315735) Jack Herbert SHEARN (Air Gunner) RAFVR - killed on active service 28 July 1942
As no trace of Defiant N3311 or its two crew were ever found, they were commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Burghead (Scots: Burgheidn or The Broch, Scottish Gaelic: Am Broch) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/16562: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478765
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1807005/jack-herbert-shearn/
4. https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/hes/309787/boulton-paul-defiant-i-moray-firth/rcahms
5. https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3311&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghead
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2008 23:54 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Apr-2015 16:13 | Juan P.Paco | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
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