Incident Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I DR989,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1773
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 September 1943
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I
Owner/operator:1622 (AAC) Flt RAF
Registration: DR989
MSN: 1019
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Detling, Detling, 4 miles NE of Maidstone, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent
Destination airport:RAF Gosport, Hampshire
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT. Mk.I DR989, 1622 (AAC) Flight RAF: Written off (destroyed) 7 September 1943 when crashed on takeoff from RAF Detling, Detling, 4 miles North East of Maidstone, Kent

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain, 1987)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/880/20: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162020
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Detling

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2008 23:15 JINX Added
28-Oct-2014 15:55 Paix Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source]

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