Date:	Saturday 7 November 1942
Time:	c. 13:50
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant I
Owner/operator:	276 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N3516
MSN:	445
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Atlantic Ocean off Dodman Point, Mevagissey, Cornwall -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon
Destination airport:	RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N3516/'AQ-P', 276 Squadron, RAF: Written off (presumed destroyed) 7 November 1942 when went missing in the Atlantic Ocean off Dodman Point, Mevagissey, Cornwall while on an ASR search. Both crew posted as "missing presumed killed". Aircraft last reported at 1350 hrs Local time

Crew of Defiant N3516:
Flight Sergeant (1177310) Thomas Arnold VAUX (pilot) RAFVR - missing presumed killed 7 November 1942
Sergeant (1325001) Cyril George CAVE (Air Gunner, aged 22) RAFVR - missing presuemd killed 7 November 1942

As both crew were posted as "missing presumed killed", and no trace of Defiant N3516 or its crew were ever found, both crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Dodman Point (Cornish: Penn Den Varow) near Mevagissey is the highest headland on the south Cornwall coast, measuring 374 feet (114 m).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 20)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/19745: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17928358
3. 276 Squadron ORB for November 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1597/24: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8398867
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1809291/thomas-arnold-vaux/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1084180/cyril-george-cave/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3516
7. https://www.rafdavidstowmoor.com/clog42.html
8. https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3516&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._276_Squadron_RAF#Formation_in_World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Harrowbeer
11, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodman_Point

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Feb-2008 00:10	JINX	Added
22-May-2013 23:56	angels one five	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2013 19:54	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
24-Aug-2013 18:15	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
22-Apr-2015 20:26	King T.	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
22-Apr-2015 20:32	Lotos	Updated [Departure airport]