Date:	Monday 8 July 1940
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	141 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6998
MSN:	45
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland.
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Defiant L6998/'TW-R: Damaged beyond repair in a ground collision at RAF Turnhouse. 08/07/1940.
As stated in the official file at the National Artchives , Kew (File AIR81/2370 :"Pilot Officer Orchard, Pilot Officer Webber: injured; ground collision at RAF Turnhouse, Defiant L6998, 141 Squadron, 8 July 1940"
Crew:
P/O (41313) Russell Ernest ORCHARD ( pilot) RAF - injured
P/O (79222) Wyndham Frederick Peirson WEBBER (AG) RAF - injured

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 34)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2370): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471768
3. 141 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1939 to 31/12/1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/969 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503608
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?28506-Defiant-L6998-141-Squadron-Code-Letter&p=170953#post170953
5. https://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L6998&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

19 July 1940	L6995	141 Sqn RAF	2	English Channel, 20 miles south of Folkestone, Kent, England		w/o
18 March 1943	L6994	2 (O) AFU RAF	0	RAF Millom, Cumberland, England		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2020 15:43	Nepa	Added [Operator]
20-Jul-2021 16:49	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]
05-Jul-2022 12:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]