ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1748
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 September 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1631 (AAC) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | DR876 |
| MSN: | 934 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mortimer Common, 7 miles SW of Reading, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex |
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I DR876, 1631 (AAC) Flight, RAF Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex: Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 8 September 1943 after hitting tree in forced landing after engine failure at Mortimer Common, Berkshire
Crew of Defiant DR876:
Sgt. R.H. GILPIN (pilot) RCAF injured.
Mortimer Common, generally referred to as Mortimer, is a village in the civil parish of Stratfield Mortimer in Berkshire. Mortimer is in the local government district of West Berkshire and is seven miles south-west of Reading
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DR876
3. 1631 (AAC) Flight ORB for 1/8/1943 to 30/11/1943 - National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/880/29: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162029
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer_Common
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2008 02:40 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Apr-2015 07:00 | Depak | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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