Date:	Monday 4 August 1941
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	96 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N3447
MSN:	392
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Whitegate, near Winsford, Cheshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Pilot Officer J R Duncan and Flight Sergeant F A Allcroft were killed; Flight Lieutenant V B Verity, Sergeant F W Wake: uninjured; mid air collision over Whitegate, near Winsford, Cheshire, between Defiant N3434 and Defiant N3447, 96 Squadron, 5 August 1941.
Crew of Defiant N3447:
P/O (61964) John Rogers DUNCAN (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (902259) Frederick Augustus ALLCROFT (AG) RAFVR - killed

Whitegate is a small village in Cheshire, England, located near the towns of Northwich and Winsford. It is situated in the civil parish of Whitegate and Marton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, at approximate co ordinates 53.219988°N 2.556943°W

1. The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter By Phil H. Listemann
2. Eyes of the Night: Air Defence of North-western England, 1940–41 By Joe Bamford & Ron Collier
3. 96 Squadron ORB for August 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/764/19: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8384693.
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8088: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757385
3. http://aircrashsites.co.uk/aviation-history/attachment/07037/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358426/frederick-augustus-allcroft
5. https://nekropole.info/lv/Frederick-Augustus-Allcroft
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403668/duncan,-john-rodger/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2722910/allcroft,-frederick-augustus/
8. https://www.middlewich-heritage.org.uk/RAF_Cranage/raf-cranage-1941.html
9. https://hi-in.facebook.com/fenlandaviationmuseum/posts/5598844536847643/
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitegate,_Cheshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jan-2011 16:26	ThW	Added
10-May-2011 14:39	harro	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Oct-2011 00:08	angels one five	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative]
12-Jan-2012 13:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source]
06-Aug-2013 13:32	JINX	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
13-Aug-2013 15:22	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative]
24-Aug-2013 18:15	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
24-Aug-2014 14:04	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
27-May-2019 02:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]