ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305763
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| Date: | Friday 19 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7015 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near Dover. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawking, Kent |
Defiant L7016: Took off at 12:26 hrs for a Operatonal mission. 19/07/1940
With no operational experience, the 141 sqdn flew south to RAF West Malling on 12/07/1940.
Shortly after 09:00 hrs on 19/07/1940 the twelve Defiants moved to the forward airfield at Hawkinge. At 12:23 hrs they were ordered off to carry out an offensive patrol twenty miles south of Folkestone. Three were left behind with engine trouble. During the patrol the nine Defiants were surprised by a force of Me109s of III/JG51 and in less than a minute four were shot down.
Defiant L7015, was shot down into the English Channel and both men were killed. The pilot, P/O R Kidson from New Zealand, was never found but Sgt Atkins' body was washed up on the French coast.
Crew:
P/O (41297) Rudal KIDSON (nz.pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (903401) Frederick Peter John ATKINS (AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
https://bbm.org.uk/the-airmen/british-airmen-list.
1.Defiant production list
2.ORB 141 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/1148
4.CWGC
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