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Date: | Saturday 16 August 1941 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 125 (Newfoundland) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N3499 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Langridge, Charlcombe, near Bath, Somerset, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Charmy Down, Somerset |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant N3499, 125 (Newfoundland) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) in Aircraft accident at Langridge, Charlcombe, near Bath, Somerset 16 August 1941. The pilot was killed
Crew :
Sgt (798566) Harold Lewis LEARNING (pilot) RAFVR, aged 22 - killed on active service 16 August 1941, buried at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Colerne, Wiltshire
RAF Charmy Down is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Somerset, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Bath and 96 miles (154 km) west of London.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Arcraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley Air Britian 1977 p 20)
2. ORB 125 Squadron RAF for June to September 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/922/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8387461 3. National Archvies (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8452:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924294 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2709913/harold-lewis-learning/ 5.
http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_08-2.htm 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3499 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down#Royal_Air_Force_use 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._125_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlcombe Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2020 21:39 |
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17-Aug-2020 22:17 |
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Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
22-Apr-2022 09:09 |
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Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator] |