Date:	Friday 1 March 1940
Time:
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6962
MSN:	13
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	1/2 mile from RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 L6962/'PS-D' of 264 Squadron RAF: Substantially damaged in a wheels-up forced landing 1 March 1940, in a field 1/2 mile from RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk. Cause of forced landing believed to be due to engine overheating. Both crew, including Pilot, Pilot Officer Gerald H. Hackwood were unhurt

Aircraft repaired and returned to service; written off 30 November 1941 is a later accident at East Fortune, East Lothian (see separate entry)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 to N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1993)
2. The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter By Phil H. Listemann
3. 264 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1939 to 31/5/1940: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1553/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397999
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath#RAF_Fighter_Command_use
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L6962

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

30 November 1941

L6962

60 OTU RAF

0

RAF East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Feb-2008 02:39	JINX	Added
30-Dec-2011 09:13	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Total occupants]
01-Feb-2013 12:55	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
21-Jul-2013 06:23	JINX	Updated [Operator, Source]
13-Aug-2013 15:40	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
14-Aug-2013 20:20	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
10-Nov-2014 17:31	SIS07	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
20-May-2019 00:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Apr-2022 19:33	JINX	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport]
30-Jun-2022 21:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
02-Jul-2022 08:39	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Jun-2023 22:00	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]