ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1489
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 March 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 60 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N1629 |
| MSN: | 154 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Athelstaneford, East Lothian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
Sergeant G A P Sanders (RCAF): died of injuries; Sergeant R J Roberts: injured; Defiant N1629, 60 Operational Training Unit; aircraft accident at Athelstaneford, Scotland, 18 March 1942
Crew:
Sgt (R/91798) George Allan Paul SANDERS (pilot) RCAF- killed in a flying accident 18 March 1942, buried at Haddington (St Martins) New Burial Ground, Haddington, East Lothian.
Sgt R J Roberts (Air Gunner) RAF - survived but injured
Athelstaneford is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies almost 6 kilometres (3.5 miles) north-east of the market town of Haddington and about 28 kilometres (17 miles) east of Edinburgh.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, air Brtiain, 1977 p 9)
2. National Airchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/12772: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083522
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N1629
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2812569/george-allan-paul-sanders/
5. https://canadianfallen.ca/73257/SANDERS
6. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2812569
7. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/sabine-to-shapter/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athelstaneford
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2008 20:56 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2008 00:28 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Feb-2012 08:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 13-Nov-2012 12:06 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2014 20:40 | Tu144 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2014 18:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2015 05:11 | Tu144 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2021 21:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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