Date:	Monday 25 May 1942
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	277 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N1561
MSN:	114
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Croydon, Surrey -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Stapleford Tawney, Abridge, Essex
Destination airport:	RAF Croydon, Surrey

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1561, 277 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25 May 1942. Stalled on approach & spun into ground in windy conditions at RAF Croydon, Surrey, Both persons on board - Flight Lieutenant G Grant-Govan (pilot) and civilian passenger Mr Donald W Maine - were killed

Crew of Defiant N1561:
Flight Lieutenant George Grant-Govan (40821) RAFO, aged 27 - killed on active service 25 May 1942, buried at Ipswich New Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk
Mr. Donald Willam Maine (civilian passenger) aged 30 - killed 25 May 1942, buried at Croydon County Borough Cemetery, Croydon, Surrey.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/14515: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386014
3. 277 Squadron ORB for May 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1600/10: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8398950
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2720662/george-grant-govan/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3149594/donald-william-maine/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Airport#Second_World_War
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._277_Squadron_RAF#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Feb-2008 13:29	JINX	Added
20-Apr-2015 05:21	Angel dot comma	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source]