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Date: | Monday 31 May 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 286 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AA318 |
MSN: | 688 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Portreath, Nancekuke Common, Redruth, Cornwall, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Portreath, Nancekuke Common, Redruth, Cornwall |
Destination airport: | RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.III AA318/'AQ-M', 286 Squadron RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 May 1943 when failed to climb on take off from RAF Portreath, Nancekuke Common, Redruth, Cornwall and hit embankment; crash landed. Both crew survived with only minor injuries.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.5)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81
3. 286 Squadron ORB November 1941 to May 1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1621:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504263 4.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA318 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRH_Portreath 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._286_Squadron_RAF Revision history:
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