ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1690
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| Date: | Thursday 11 January 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 79 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | AA424 |
| MSN: | 762 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Larnaca -
 Cyprus
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Larnaca, Cyprus |
| RAF Nicosia, Cyprus |
Boulton Paul Defiant T.T Mk.I AA424, 79 OTU RAF Nicosia. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Crashed after control lost on take-off at RAF Larnaca, Cyprus 11 January 1945. Aircraft dived into the ground on take off after becoming inverted in a turn. Both crew killed
Crew of Defiant AA424:
Flying Officer (176653) John Robins CRAMP (pilot, aged 22) RAFVR - killed on active service 11 January 1945, buried at Nicosia War Cemetery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Thumbnail history of Defiant AA424:
AA424 c/n 762
Delivered to 151 Sqn 30.9.41.
To Reid & Sigrist RIW(Repaired in Works) 7.7.42.
AW/CN(Awaiting Collection) 6.9.42.
44 MU 22.9.42.
To Reid & Sigrist RIW and converted to TT.1 from 6.7.43.
AW/CN(Awaiting Collection) 13.8.43.
47 MU 20.9.43
To Alexandria 29.9.43.
Arrived Alexandria for Haifa and 79 OTU Nicosia 30.10.43.
Damaged FACE (Flying Accident Cat E). 5.12.44.
Crashed after control lost during takeoff from Larnaca, Cyprus, 11.1.45; F/O. J.R.Cramp killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. The Defiant File (Air Brtiain) p 104
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2937678/john-robins-cramp/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1803005/joseph-john-lammin/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?19954-151-Sqn-loss-17-11-41&p=116702#post116702
6. https://aircrewremembered.com/AircrewDeaths39-47/?q=Cramp%2C+John&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
7. https://aircrewremembered.com/AircrewDeaths39-47/?q=Lammin%2C+Joseph&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA424
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2008 14:41 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Apr-2013 15:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2015 09:41 | SIS07 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2022 09:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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