Date:	Sunday 6 September 1942
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	287 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6955
MSN:	6
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Little Whiligh Farm, 1.5 miles South East of Wadhurst, Kent -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Croydon, Croydon, Surrey
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 L6955, 287 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6 September 1942 when crashed at Little Whiligh Farm, 1.5 miles South East of Wadhurst, Kent. According to the file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/17662 - see link #2): "Flight Sergeant T L Taylor: injured; Defiant L6955, 287 Squadron, aircraft accident, Little Whiligh, Kent, 6 September 1942". The cause of the accident is suspected to have been engine failure.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1979 p.48)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/17662: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17685252
3. 287 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/5/1941 to 30/6/1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504264
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L6955
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._287_Squadron_RAF
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6201-Ticehurst-Defiant-6-9-42&p=35406#post35406

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Feb-2008 02:03	JINX	Added
03-Nov-2011 05:42	rvargast17	Updated [Operator]
22-Apr-2015 20:04	King T.	Updated [Operator, Source]
01-Jul-2022 20:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
02-Jul-2022 08:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]