ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1485
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| Date: | Monday 21 December 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N1625 |
| MSN: | 150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dalcross Castle, East of RAF Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalcross, Inverness |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1625, 2 AGS RAF Dalcross, Inverness. Written off (destroyed) 21 December 1942 when collided with Defiant T4032 (also of 2 AGS) near Dalcross Castle, East of RAF Dalcross, Inverness, while in formation & crashed. Of the four crew (two in each aircraft) both the crew of Defiant T4032 were killed, and only one of the two crew of Defiant N1625 (the pilot) survived
Crew of Defiant N1625:
Corporal Donald SMITH (994324) RAFVR, Under Training Air Gunner - killed on active service 21 December 1942, buried at Prospect Methodist Churchyard, Allerton, West Yorkshire
Sergeant Zykun Wlodzimierz (780772) Polish Air Force, Pilot - survived with injuries. He died on 13 January 1977, in Woodford, Cheshire, aged 62
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977 p 9)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N1625
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2406282/donald-smith/
4. https://listakrzystka.pl/en/zykun-wlodzimierz/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalcross_Castle
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Airport#Early_years
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2008 20:44 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2008 00:29 | JINX | Updated |
| 10-Mar-2012 10:37 | rvargast17 | Updated [Date] |
| 22-Apr-2015 20:51 | Giggatson | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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