Date:	Friday 4 October 1940
Time:	16:00 LT
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L7035
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I L7035/'EW-P', 307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Squadron RAF: Port undercarriage failed on landing at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire at 16.00 hrs on 4 October 1940. Overshot runway after landing with oil covering the windscreen. No injuries to the crew of two. Aircraft was repairable

Crew:
Sgt (P/780900) Jerzy MALINOWSKI (Polish National)(pilot) RAFVR - OK
LAC (P/780283) Henryk OSTROWSKI (Polish National) (Air Gunner) RAFVR - OK

LAC Malinowski later served with 43 and 302 Squadrons. He was awarded the DFC and survived the war with three confirmed victories and one probable.

Defiant L7035 was repaired and returned to service; it was damaged in an further incident at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey on 2 December 1940.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 9)
2. Poles in Defence of Britain: A Day-by-Day Chronology of Polish Day and Night Fighter Pilot Operations July 1940-June 1941 By Robert Gretzyngier
3. http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/307/307_losses.html
4. https://nlahcentre.com/crashes/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._307_Polish_Night_Fighter_Squadron
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey#RAF_Fighter_Command_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
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