Incident Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I AA295,
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Date:Saturday 17 October 1942
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:22 OTU RAF
Registration: AA295
MSN: 665
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire
Destination airport:RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I AA295, 22 OTU, RAF: Written off 17 October 1942 when Force-landed & Damaged Beyond Repair due to engine failure on air test at RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire. Pilot survived, although injured.

Crew:
F/Lt. J.B.VERRAN (pilot) RAF injured.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/men_of_22otu.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Gaydon#Second_World_War

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Feb-2008 04:16 JINX Added
22-Apr-2015 20:19 King T. Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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