Date:	Sunday 14 December 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:	151 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AA429
MSN:	767
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off the coast of Cromer, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Defiant AA429/'DZ-T': Took off for a Convoy Escort patrol.14/12/1941
Written off (destroyed) when aircraft crashed into the North Sea off the coast of Cromer, Norfolk,
Crew:
Sgt (754873) Royce Victor GAZZARD (Air Gunner) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1160033) Anthony Ian MILLS (Pilot) RAFVR - killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/10939: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17058668
3.ORB 151 Squadron RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew)
File AIR 27/1019/24: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8389539
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org
5. https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=25111
6. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/defiant/107323-4155674.html
7. https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AA429
8. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_12-2.htm
9. https://sites.southglos.gov.uk/war-memorials/people/royce-victor-gazzard/
10. https://www.militaryimages.net/media/royce-victor-gazzard.115223/
11. https://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/war/tgsmemorial2/
12. https://thornburyroots2.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Rockhampton-MIs.pdf

Rembering Sergeants Anthony Ian Mills & Royce Victor Gazzard, pilot & ag Defiant II AA429 151 Sqdn FTR from a convoy patrol 14.12.41. Went down in the sea; circumstances not known.

— William Chorley (@BomberHistories) December 14, 2017

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Sep-2020 08:34	Nepa	Added [Operator]
10-Sep-2020 19:01	harro	Added [[Operator]]
10-Sep-2020 19:09	harro	Updated [Narrative]
11-Sep-2020 09:47	harro	Updated [Departure airport]
11-Sep-2020 09:49	harro	Updated [Departure airport]
11-Sep-2020 09:51	harro	Updated [Departure airport]
11-Sep-2020 09:52	harro	Updated [Departure airport]