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Date: | Friday 31 May 1940 |
Time: | 14:40 |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L6961 |
MSN: | 12 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dunkirk Beach, Dunkirk, Pas de Calais -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Two Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1s of 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, RAF were written off (damaged beyond repair) on 31 May 1940: Defiant L6961 and Defiant L6980 collided with each other during combat with Bf109's of III./JG26. L6961 crash-landed on beach near Dunkirk at 2.40 pm. Pilot Officer D. Whitley and Leading Aircraftman Turner (Air Gunner) unhurt. Aircraft abandoned where it force landed.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. Air Battle for Dunkirk, 26 May–3 June 1940 By Norman Franks
3. The Battle Of France: Then And Now By Peter Cornwell p.399
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/729:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502613 5. 264 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1939 to 31/5/1940: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1553/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397999 6.
https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/264-squadron-patrol-over-dunkirk-calais-friday-31st-may-1940.19870/#post-240196. 7.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/264_squadron.html#31 8.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/defiant/108833-4154181.html 9.
https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-16#post-202731 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jul-2022 21:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Jul-2022 08:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
02-Jul-2022 13:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
02-Jul-2022 13:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |