Incident Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II AA405,
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Date:Tuesday 25 January 1944
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:151 Sqn RAF
Registration: AA405
MSN: 743
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Manor House Farm Tittleshall, King's Lynn, Breckland Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF West Raynham
Narrative:
Defiant AA405, 151: Written off (destroyed) 25 January 1944 when ran out of fuel and belly landed in a field at Manor House Farm, Tittleshall, King's Lynn, Breckland, Norfolk
Crew: ???? Ok

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.6)
2. 151 Squadron ORB for January 1944: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1022/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8389587
3. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA405
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
5. https://www.doogal.co.uk/ShowMap?postcode=PE32%202RH
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wittering#Second_World_War

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