ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1605
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 February 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 153 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T3914 |
| MSN: | 454 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off Kearney, Kearney Road, Portaferry, County Down -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland |
| RAF Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I T3914, 153 Squadron, RAF Ballyhalbert: Written off (destroyed) 18 February 1942 when Spun into sea on night test off the coast. Believed crashed into the Irish Sea off Kearney, Portaferry, Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. There were unconfirmed reports that the pilot had been attempting to avoid another aircraft. Both crew members were killed and four days later (22 February 1942) their bodies were recovered from the sea near Burial Island to the north of Portavogie.
According to the file on the incident at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR 81/12281 - see link #2): "Sergeant J P Lucas (RCAF), Sergeant C T Deane: killed; Defiant T3914, 153 Squadron; aircraft accident County Down, Northern Ireland, 18 February 1942
Crew of Defiant T3914:
Flight Sergeant John Robert LUCAS (R/78281) Pilot RCAF aged 24 - killed on active service 18 February 1942, buried at Ballyherbert (St Andrew) Church of Ireland Churchyard.
Flight Sergeant Cecil Thomas DEANE (904963) Air Gunner, RAF aged 25 - killed on active service 18 February 1942, commemorated at Mortlake Crematorium, East Sheen, London SW14
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley Air Britain, 1997)
2. National Archvies (PRO Few) File AIR 81/12281: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083031
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2690082/john-robert-lucas/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2435129/cecil-thomas-deane/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T3914
6. https://barryniblock.co.uk/world-war-two-war-dead/names-listed-alphabetically-by-surname/lacey-to-luke/lucas-john-robert-no-r-78281/
7. https://archives.wartimeni.com/person/john-robert-lucas/
8. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2690082
9. https://www.militaryimages.net/media/john-robert-lucas.95618/
10. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/levitt-to-lyttle/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._153_Squadron_RAF
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ballyhalbert#Royal_Air_Force_use
13. https://www.visitardsandnorthdown.com/things-to-do/kearney-village-p689761
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2008 00:20 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Apr-2015 10:19 | Giggs | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 06-Nov-2017 14:26 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 14:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Oct-2018 13:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2022 05:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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