Incident Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III AA306,
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Date:Thursday 28 September 1944
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III
Owner/operator:691 Sqn RAF
Registration: AA306
MSN: 674
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Robrorough, Plymouth, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Banner and glider towing
Departure airport:RAF Roborough, Plymouth, Devon
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.III AA306, 691 Squadron, RAF Robrorough, Plymouth, Devon: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28 September 1944 when Drogue cable cut through fuselage as incorrectly threaded. Both crew (pilot and drogue winch operator) were uninjured. Aircraft Struck off charge as Cat.E. Pilot named in some published sources as Pilot Officer John Arthur Marks, RAF

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, Second Edition, 2000 p.5)
2. 691 Squadron ORB for 1121943 to 31121945: National; Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2215: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504854
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA306
4. Previous crash 22 June 1941: https://acia.co.uk/1941/06/22/defiant-aa306/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._691_Squadron_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Roborough#RAF_Roborough

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