Incident Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I DS121,
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Date:Thursday 18 April 1946
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I
Owner/operator:773 Sqn FAA RN
Registration: DS121
MSN: 1022
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kindley Field AFB -   Bermuda
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kindley Field AFB, Bermuda
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT. Mk.I DS121, 773 Squadron FAA RN: Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 18 April 1946 when undercarriage collapsed during taxi at Kindley Field AFB, Bermuda.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britian, 1987 p.68)
2. Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
3. Partridge and Singfield, Ewan and Tom (2014). Wings Over Bermuda: 100 Years of Aviation in the West Atlantic. Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda: National Museum of Bermuda Press. ISBN 9781927750322.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/773_Naval_Air_Squadron
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindley_Air_Force_Base#World_War_II

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2008 23:27 JINX Added
21-Jan-2012 05:13 Nepa Updated [Operator]
25-Apr-2015 07:25 Yety Updated [Aircraft type, Source]

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