Date:	Monday 8 July 1940
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	141 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6990
MSN:	38
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Turnhouse, East Lothian
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Defiant L6999/'TW-P': Damaged beyond repair in a ground collision at RAF Turnhouse. 08/07/1940.
As stated in the official file at the National Archives , Kew (File AIR 81/2369 - see link #2):"Pilot Officer A N Constantine, Pilot Officer F C Lanning: injured; ground collision at RAF Turnhouse, Defiant L6990, 141 Squadron, 8 July 1940"
Crew:
P/O (40893) Alexander Noel CONSTANTINE (Pilot) RAF - injured
P/O (79580) Francis Charles Anthony LANNING (AG) RAF - injured

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 34)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2369): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471767
3. 141 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1939 to 31/12/1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/969 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503608

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2020 15:39	Nepa	Added [Operator]
20-Jul-2021 16:49	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]
05-Jul-2022 12:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]