Date:	Monday 9 March 1942
Time:	19:40
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:	151 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AA403
MSN:	741
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off Skegness, Linconshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Defiant AA403/'DZ-W' of 151 Squadron failed to return from an operational flight over the North Sea. Missing on convoy patrol in poor visibility 9 March 1942. Last reported at 19:40 hrs local time. Believed crashed/ditched into the North Sea off Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Crew of Defiant AA403:
Sgt (917145) Lawrence Henry KELLEY (pilot) RAFVR - missing believed killed.
Sgt (1379505) Albert Henry PHILLOTT (AG) RAFVR - missing believed killed.

As no trace was ever found of Defiant AA403 or its crew, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britian 1997)
2. 151 Squadron ORB for March 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1020/6: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8389545
3. NationalArchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/12589: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083339
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1802525/lawrence-henry-kelley/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1804325/albert-henry-phillott/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
7. https://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs#mar
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wittering#Second_World_War
10. https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/299895-mercantile-marine/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skegness

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2008 14:14	JINX	Added
04-Feb-2012 09:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
20-Sep-2014 08:14	R.Giggs	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Sep-2014 08:14	R.Giggs	Updated [Source]
04-Oct-2018 13:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
06-Sep-2020 07:51	Angel Dick one	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
06-Sep-2020 07:51	Angel Dick one	Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator]
02-Mar-2022 18:57	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source]