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Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | N3503 |
MSN: | 432 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aberlady Bay, between Aberlady and Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant N3503, 410 (Cougar) Squadron RCAF: Written off (destroyed) 11 April 1942. Crashed on familiarization flight. Crashed in sea at Aberlady Bay, between Aberlady and Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. The aircraft submerged immediately (did not float) and both crew were killed.
Crew:
Sgt (R/92555) Roderick Giles SMITH (pilot, aged 22) RCAF - killed on active service 11 April 1942
Sgt (1387905) Alan Gordon MACKINNON (Air Gunner) RAFVR - killed on active service 11 April 1942
As no trace was ever found of Defiant N3503 or its two crew, the two crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Aberlady Bay in East Lothian, Scotland lies between Aberlady and Gullane
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James j Halley, Air Britain 1977 p 20)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/13394:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206031 3. ORB for 410 (Cougar) Squadron RCAF for March 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1802/18:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8403355 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1807569/roderick-giles-smith/ 5. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1079537/alan-gordon-mackinnon/ 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3503 7.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf 8.
https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1942.pdf 9.
http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1942/Casualties_1942_04-4.htm 10.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807569 11.
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/smith-to-stevenson/ 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron#Second_World_War 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Drem#Units_and_aircraft 14.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberlady_Bay Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2008 23:40 |
JINX |
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07-Feb-2010 10:15 |
NePa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
30-Jan-2012 08:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
12-Oct-2013 16:22 |
JINX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
01-Nov-2013 19:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Jun-2022 10:26 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |