ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1764
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| Date: | Friday 5 March 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 771 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | DR937 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wide Firth, Orkneys -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney |
| HMS Tern, RNAS Twatt, Orkney |
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.1 DR937, 77 Squadron FAA RN: Written off (destroyed) 5 March 1943. Crashed into sea at Wide Firth, Orkney, after engine failure. One of the two crew was killed
Crew of Defiant DR937:
Sub-Lieutenant (Air) Jack Campbell Patterson (pilot, aged 21) RNZVR killed.
Leading Aircraftman R. Stark RN injured.
Wide Firth is a strait in Orkney Islands. Wide Firth is situated nearby to the localities Rendall and Lady's Kirk (site of medieval chapel).
Sources:
1. https://aircrewremembered.com/patterson-jack-campbell.html
2. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1943-03MAR.htm
3. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C27446
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2564043/jack-campbell-patterson/
5. https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/aviation/new-zealanders-fleet-air-arm/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron#Second_World_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Hatston
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Twatt_(HMS_Tern)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2008 09:55 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Jan-2012 13:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2012 07:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
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