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Date: | Thursday 24 September 1942 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 2 AGS RAF |
Registration: | T4056 |
MSN: | 558 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Castle Stuart, Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dalcross, Inverness |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk.III T4056, 2 AGS (Air Gunnery School), RAF Dalcross, Inverness; Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 24 September 1942 after engine failed while in the RAF Dalcross circuit, and aircraft force-landed in field at Castle Stuart, Dalcross, Inverness. Both crew survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. 2 AGS ORB for the period 1.6.1941 to 31.10.1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/589/3:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160857 3.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T4056 4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Stuart Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2008 22:26 |
JINX |
Added |
06-Feb-2008 22:37 |
JINX |
Updated |
22-Apr-2015 20:13 |
King T. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |