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Date: | Sunday 6 July 1941 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 255 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N1581 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1581/'YD-U', 255 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) in aircraft accident at RAF Hibaldstow, 6 July 1941. During the night of 5/06 July 1941, there was a collision on the runway between Defiants N1581 and N1740, both of 255 Squadron. All Of the four crew (two in each aircraft) survived: Sgt J B Bayliss (slightly injured) F/Lt G M Hayton, Sgt A S Cutfield, Sgt E A Turner (all uninjured).
RAF Hibaldstow is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located south of Hibaldstow in Lincolnshire and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) south east of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
The airfield was built with greater things in mind, but it only became a satellite airfield for RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey in 1941. When the runways were constructed, some of the hardcore was made from material taken from demolished bungalows on the site. The airfield was commissioned on 12 May 1941 when No. 255 Squadron RAF took up residence with their Boulton Paul Defiant night fighters. These planes had been drawn from RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey and made one 'kill': an Heinkel He 111 which was shot down near Louth on 5 June 1941.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britian 1977 p.9)
2. 255 Squadron ORB for July 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1518/13:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8437692 3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/7401:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756698 4.
http://www.255.org.uk/ww2-england.html#hibaldstow 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N1581 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hibaldstow#History Revision history:
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