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Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 141 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L6998 |
MSN: | 45 |
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, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Defiant L6998/'TW-R: Damaged beyond repair in a ground collision at RAF Turnhouse. 08/07/1940.
As stated in the official file at the National Artchives , Kew (File AIR81/2370 :"Pilot Officer Orchard, Pilot Officer Webber: injured; ground collision at RAF Turnhouse, Defiant L6998, 141 Squadron, 8 July 1940"
Crew:
P/O (41313) Russell Ernest ORCHARD ( pilot) RAF - injured
P/O (79222) Wyndham Frederick Peirson WEBBER (AG) RAF - injured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 34)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2370):
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471768 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 4.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?28506-Defiant-L6998-141-Squadron-Code-Letter&p=170953#post170953 5.
https://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L6998&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 July 1940 |
L6995 |
141 Sqn RAF |
2 |
English Channel, 20 miles south of Folkestone, Kent, England |
|
w/o |
18 March 1943 |
L6994 |
2 (O) AFU RAF |
0 |
RAF Millom, Cumberland, England |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2020 15:43 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
20-Jul-2021 16:49 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
05-Jul-2022 12:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |