ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1600
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| Date: | Monday 1 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 10 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N3507 |
| MSN: | 436 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N3507, 10 AGS (Air Gummery School) RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland. Written off (destroyed) 1 February 1943 when went out of control and dived into the ground at Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire. Both crew killed
Crew of Defiant N3907:
Sergeant Jack BLUNDEN (1330114) Pilot, RAF aged 22: Killed on active service 1 February 1943, buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Derrick Gerald James WILSON (1333224) RAFVR, U/T Wireless Op/Air Gunner, aged 20: killed on active service 1 February 1943, buried at Writtle Road Cemetery, Chelmsford, Essex
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain, 1987 p 20)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3507
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2761895/jack-blunden/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2733730/kenneth-derrick-gerald-james-wilson/
5. https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/pdf/StoriesBehindTheStones.pdf
6. https://www.chelmsfordwarmemorial.co.uk/second-world-war/chelmsford/ww2-wilson-kenneth-derek-gerald-james.html
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17662325/jack-blunden
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askam_and_Ireleth#Askam
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2008 23:58 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Apr-2015 18:54 | Dandy | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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