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Date: | Thursday 26 February 1942 |
Time: | 20:05 |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 256 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T3995 |
MSN: | 516 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Destination airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Narrative:Two RNZAF crew of 256 Sqn RAF, Sgt Francis William Joyce (pilot) and Flt Sgt Gordon Fitzgerald Walden (air gunner), were killed when their Defiant I T3995/'JT-U' stalled on approach to RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire and crashed at 20:05 hrs.
Crew of Defiant T3995:
Sergeant Francis William JOYCE (404376) Pilot RNZAF, aged 22 - killed on active service 26 February 1942
Flight Sergeant Gordon Fitzgerald WALDEN (402117) W/Op & Air Gunner RNZAF, aged 26 - killed on active service 26 February 1942
Both crew were buried at Park Cemetery, Lytham St. Anne's, Blakcpool, Lancashire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. "The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter", by Phil H. Listemann, ISBN 979-&0-96490-07-3, page 56
3. ORB of 256 Squadron for February 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1523/22:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397499 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/12404:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083154 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T3995 6. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2412643/francis-william-joyce/ 7. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2412653/gordon-fitzgerald-walden/ 8.
https://aircrewremembered.com/joyce-francis-william.html 9.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf 10.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C27696 11.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23927 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._256_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Airport Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2008 11:42 |
JINX |
Added |
24-Jan-2012 13:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
26-Feb-2020 11:54 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |