Date:	Monday 13 December 1943
Time:	11:15 LT
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I
Owner/operator:	691 Sqn RAF
Registration:	DR927
MSN:	968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Crafthole, Torpoint, Cornwall -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Robrorough, Plymouth, Devon
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I DR927, 691 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 13 December 1943 when crashed after control lost while target towing. Aircraft came down at Crafthole, Torpoint, Cornwall. Both crew killed.

Crew of Defiant DR927:
Flying Officer Colin Hamilton CAMPBELL (55013) RAF Pilot - killed on active service 13 December 1943, buried at Exning Cemetery, Suffolk
Leading Aircraftman Thomas BARTLE (1203514) RAFVR Wireless Op/Air Gunner - killed on active service 13 December 1943, buried at All Saints Churchyard, Whipton, Devon

NOTE: Some published sources give the crash location as "Blarrick Anthony, near Torpoint, Devon", which is about 2.7 miles to the east.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain 1987)
2. https://www.rafdavidstowmoor.com/clog43.html
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2721043/colin-hamilton-campbell/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2812159/thomas-bartle/
5. 691 Squadron ORB 1/12/1943 to 31/12/1945: National Archives (PRO) File AIR27/2215: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504854
6. https://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/campbell%20colin.html
7. https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Exning.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crafthole

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Feb-2008 09:30	JINX	Added
18-Jan-2012 15:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
05-Apr-2014 09:40	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Apr-2015 07:19	Yety	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]