Date:	Tuesday 23 April 1940
Time:
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk 1
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6952
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Gedgrave, near Orford Ness, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 L6952/PS-B, 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 April 1940 when caught fire in flight and belly landed at Gedgrave, near Orford Ness, Suffolk. According to the file at the Nationl Archives at Kew (File AIR81/2033 - see link #2): "Pilot Officer P E J Greenhouse: injured; aircraft accident, Gedgrave, Defiant L6952, 264 Squadron, 23 April 1940"

Gedgrave is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk in eastern England.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2033: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471211
3. 264 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/10/1939 to 31/5/1940: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1553/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397999
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L6952
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedgrave

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jul-2022 20:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
01-Jul-2022 20:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated
02-Jul-2022 08:28	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Jun-2023 22:00	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]